Outlaw

2024 [PORTUGUESE]

Action / Drama

3
IMDb Rating 5.2/10 10 1083 1.1K

biography based on true story complex ambivalent

Plot summary

At the age of nine, Rebeca is sold by her grandmother to the bookseller who ran Rocinha. Disputed by bicheiros and drug dealers, the community is going through changes in power. Rebeca becomes the wife of the chief drug dealer and, with the death of her partner, his successor. The electrifying trajectory of crime, violence, drugs and love of a female drug kingpin in Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro in the 1980s.

Director

João Wainer Photo
João Wainer

Top cast

Wilson Rabelo Photo
Wilson Rabelo as Zildo
Milhem Cortaz Photo
Milhem Cortaz as Seu Amoroso
Georgina Elizabeth Okon Photo
Georgina Elizabeth Okon as Voice (Maria
JP Rufino Photo
JP Rufino as Menor B
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772.78 MB
1280*698
Portuguese 2.0
NR
Subtitles tr   us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 24 min
Seeds 3
1.55 GB
1920*1048
Portuguese 5.1
NR
Subtitles tr   us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 24 min
Seeds 5

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by vitinhaoriginal 6 / 10

Engaging and uneven crime drama

Well directed and highly stylish, with beautiful use of colors, aspect ratio variations and filters, it tells a dramatic romantic tragedy that makes great use of the aesthetics of a terrifying reality.Great music by Tejo Damasceno. His bold music choices really enhance Miguel Vassy's photography and his chemistry with director João Wainer.Gritty and dark, but with heart too. It's genuine enough to the reality of life for us seen as outcasts living in the favelas.Maria delivers a good performance, interesting, powerful, but drowning in traumas hidden by layers of makeup and the lust of her beautiful red nails.A biographical film that gives itself creative freedom to tell the story in a less brutal way, associated with this style of film due to the great influence of films like City of God, Pixote and City of Men.This different approach, less visceral and more melancholic, is one of the most interesting points of the film, sacrificing weight for rhythm and style.Despite distancing itself from the brutal most of the time, it does not demonize people buried in crime.Wainer does not confuse the characteristics of cartels or mafias with Brazilian factions. The national identity, even if it is immoral, does not lose focus. The film embraces showing what is really seen as luxury for someone in this lifestyle; freedom and power, with a beautiful touch of the mystical in the use of Candomblé and the dynamics of belief among criminals.Due to the rich cast of non-actors, mostly newcomers, with rappers and singers from these communities, although I greatly admire the boldness of the selection, the acting in the film wavers, with several moments lacking the refinement of other actors in the cast, such as Milhem Cortaz and Natalia Lage.I highlight Sant's coldness as Boca Mole.His performance surprised me, being one of the ones that best captures the balance of the violent but also respectful nature of the favela culture of Brazilian organized crime and the dynamics with civilians, balancing the decadence and also the lack of that same respect for civilians by criminals like Pará.
Reviewed by searchanddestroy-1

Solid but a bit ankward action drama

I am sure there are many other social crime dramas like this one from Latin America, not only Brazil. It is rough, gritty, brutal and gloomy too. The true reality of life for those outcasts living in the favelas, Brazilian ghettos. The main female character is of course interesting, powerful. It may be seen as a kind of biopic told in the Martin Scorcese's manner: GOOD FELLLAS or A BRONX TALE - directed by Bob De Niro but under Scorcese's inspiration. So, yes, this cheap Brazilian production is worth the watch, but it is not destined to any audiences. There is no beautiful chicks in bikini snooping around swimming pools and drinking daiquiris, no sunshine and golden sands beaches, romance, This is not like a series from Mexico about a female drug ring kingpin for whom the sun always shines.... See what I am talking about? This is bloody and downbeat. Just enjoy.
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