Outland Reviews

...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.

Full Review | Original Score: 6/10

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.

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Outland is essentially High Noon in outer space, and one of the most entertaining sci-fi flicks ever made.

| Original Score: 3.5/4

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.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5

A movie of unexpected pleasures.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5

| Original Score: 3/5

| Original Score: 3/5

Outland works as a sturdy morality play set uin an unsual environment.

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| Original Score: 4/5

| Original Score: 3/5

...an enjoyable sci-fi action flick.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

| Original Score: 4/5

| Original Score: 3/5

Exciting science fiction.

Full Review | Original Score: 8/10

The early-going intrigue maintains interest, but once the film starts shamelessly riffing on High Noon, all the excitement fritters away.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4

Connery and Boyle are fine, but the wholesale lifting of High Noon's plot certainly undermines interest.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4

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.

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Because both dialogue and direction are none too exciting, one's tired eyes wander endlessly over the space base sets.

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| Original Score: 2/5

| Original Score: 2/5