The Outsider (2014 film)

The Outsider
The Outsider
	DVD cover
Directed by	Brian A. Miller
Written by	Brian A. Miller
Story by	Craig Fairbrass
Produced by	Philip B. Goldfine; Christine Holder; Mark Holder
Starring	Craig Fairbrass; James Caan; Shannon Elizabeth; Jason Patric; Melissa Ordway; Johnny Messner;
Cinematography	Eduardo Enrique Mayén
Edited by	Bob Mori
Music by	Patrick Savage; Holeg Spies
Production; companies	Oak Street Films; Zero Gravity Management;
Release date	February 7, 2014;
Running time	94 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Outsider is a 2014 American action crime drama film directed by Brian A. Miller and written by Craig Fairbrass. The film stars Craig Fairbrass, James Caan, Shannon Elizabeth, Jason Patric, Melissa Ordway, and Johnny Messner.

Plot

An investigation of a dead daughter begins when a military contractor Lex Walker (Craig Fairbrass) arrives in Los Angeles and he finds the body is not his daughter's. Lex Walker, a British mercenary battling in Afghanistan who drops everything to hurry to Los Angeles when he is informed that his daughter Samantha, who he has not seen in many years, has been found dead. When he arrives at the morgue to identify the body, he is for some reason unsurprised to discover that it is not hers. So he begins a one-man investigation into her whereabouts, trailed by the suspicious detective (Jason Patric) assigned to the case. He soon makes his way to Samantha's boss, Karl Schuster (James Caan), the millionaire CEO of a high-tech company who offers sympathy but little help. It quickly becomes obvious that Schuster is hiding something, since he displays no hesitation about shooting one of his henchmen to death in his own office. Aided by a sexy barmaid (Shannon Elizabeth) enticed by his offer of a $10,000 finder's fee, the take-no-prisoners Lex sets out getting to the bottom of the mystery, beating up or shooting the myriad human obstacles who get in his way. It all leads to his discovery of a massive identity-theft scheme engineered by Schuster about which Lex's very much alive daughter (Melissa Ordway) has the goods.

Cast

Craig Fairbrass as Lex Walker
James Caan as Karl Schuster
Shannon Elizabeth as Margo
Jason Patric as Detective Michael Klein
Tim Fields as Detective Kennedy
Melissa Ordway as Samantha
Johnny Messner as Ricky
William deVry as Nick Miller
Brittney Alger as Girl 1
Stephen Conroy as Gunman 1
Zack Tiegen as Holden
Garrett Saia as Construction Worker
William Hayden as Main gunman
Mark Oliver as Hassellbring
Chelsea Bruland as Marissa
Philippe Radelet as Bar Patron
Mike Sealas as Bruce

Legal action

In July 2014, star Craig Fairbrass and director Brian Miller sued the film's producers, including both their managers, for non-payment of deferred fees.^[1]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 5% of 19 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 3.5/10.^[2] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 23 out of 100, based on 11 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews.^[3]