Outland (1981)
Average Rating: 5.8/10
Reviews Counted: 24
Fresh: 14 | Rotten: 10
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Critic Reviews: 4
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 2
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For Marshal O'Neil (Sean Connery), the Jupiter moon Io is just another dingy mining town on the final frontier. When his wife leaves him and takes their son with them, it merely confirms that though he's traveled millions of miles, his life is going nowhere. Then he notices that miners are dying in strangely psychotic ways -- walking in space without spacesuits, carving up prostitutes. With the help of Dr. Lazarus (Frances Sternhagen), his investigation reveals that the miners are ingesting a
Jan 1, 1981 Wide
Jul 3, 2001
Warner Home Video
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Cast
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Sean Connery
O'Neil -
Peter Boyle
Sheppard -
Frances Sternhagen
Lazarus -
James B. Sikking
Montone -
Kika Markham
Carol -
Clarke Peters
Ballard -
Steven Berkoff
Sagan -
John Ratzenberger
Tarlow -
Nicholas Barnes
Paul O'Niel -
Manning Redwood
Lowell -
Pat Starr
Mrs. Spector -
Bill Bailey
Hill -
Norman Chancer
Slater -
Sharon Duce
Prostitute -
Hal Galili
Nelson -
Brendan Hughes
Dancer (Leisure Club Se... -
Angus MacInnes
Hughes -
P.H. Moriarty
Man No. 1 -
Gary Olsen
Worker -
Doug Robinson
Man No. 2 -
Angelique Rockas
Maintenance Woman -
Ron Travis
Fanning -
Chris Williams
Caldwell -
Marc Boyle
Spota -
Eugene Lipinski
Cane -
James Berwick
Rudd -
Anni Domingo
Morton -
Stuart Milligan
Walters -
Nori Morgan
Dancer (Leisure Club Se... -
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All Critics (24) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (15) | Rotten (10) | DVD (5)
While there are several mile-wide plot holes and one key under-developed main character, the film emerges as a tight, intriguing old-fashioned drama that gives audiences a hero worth rooting for.
The failure of director-writer Peter Hyams to put any weight whatever behind the moral issues (crude as they are) makes this merely violent nonsense.
Because both dialogue and direction are none too exciting, one's tired eyes wander endlessly over the space base sets.
Top CriticA movie of unexpected pleasures.
The early-going intrigue maintains interest, but once the film starts shamelessly riffing on High Noon, all the excitement fritters away.
...the film's visual impact may be as important as its main character. (Blu-ray edition)
...not a great movie but a reliable one, with another solid performance from Sean Connery, who always makes a staunch, stalwart protagonist of truly heroic proportions.
Connery and Boyle are fine, but the wholesale lifting of High Noon's plot certainly undermines interest.
Outland is essentially High Noon in outer space, and one of the most entertaining sci-fi flicks ever made.
This harrowing sci-fi flick has mellowed with age over the years, but Sean Connery's performance is still good, and the first couple of acts are still quite engaging.
Outland works as a sturdy morality play set uin an unsual environment.
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May 18, 2011:
On Jupiter's Moon, He's the Only LawAs Peter Hyams' "Outland" prepares to turn 30, here's a fond look back.
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Foreign Titles
- Outland - Planet der Verdammten (DE)
- Outland (1981) (UK)
