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.
Outland (1981)
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Reviews Counted:22
Fresh:13
Rotten:9
Average Rating:5.8/10
Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Synopsis: Sometime in the future, an upstanding federal marshal arrives at a space colony located on one of Jupiter's moons. Alarmed by the strange and violent behavior of the miners who work for the... Sometime in the future, an upstanding federal marshal arrives at a space colony located on one of Jupiter's moons. Alarmed by the strange and violent behavior of the miners who work for the colony's giant mining corporation, the marshal decides to investigate. When he discovers that the general manager of the corporation is supplying the workforce with a dangerous, mind-altering amphetamine, the lawman prepares to battle it out with the villainous manager in a "High Noon"-like showdown. [More]
Starring: Sean Connery, Peter Boyle, Frances Sternhagen, Kika Markham
Starring: Sean Connery, Peter Boyle, Frances Sternhagen, Kika Markham, James B. Sikking
Director: Peter Hyams
Director: Peter Hyams
Producer: Stanley O'Toole
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Reviews for Outland
Connery and Boyle are fine, but the wholesale lifting of High Noon's plot certainly undermines interest.
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.
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.
Hyams has directed a few sci-fi action thrillers including Capricorn One, Sudden Death, Timecop and 2010. This isn't his best.
Latest News for Outland
August 19, 2009:
Warners Heads Back to the Outland ![]()
The 1981 Sean Connery space Western "Outland" is getting a remake at Warner Bros., where Michael Davis is attached to direct from a script by Chad St. John. More...
November 11, 2005:
Sean Connery Earns AFI's Highest Honor
Thanks to ComingSoon.net for sharing a press release from the American Film Institute: Sir Sean Connery has been selected by the American Film Institute's (AFI) Board of... More...
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