Outland (1981)
57 %
Reviews Counted: 21 Fresh: 12 Rotten:9 Average Rating: 5.7/10
Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins
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 colony's giant mining corporation, the marshal decides to investigate. When he discovers that the... [More]
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Starring: Sean Connery, Peter Boyle, Frances Sternhagen, Kika Markham, James B. Sikking
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Connery and Boyle are fine, but the wholesale lifting of High Noon's plot certainly undermines interest.
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06/05/07
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.
06/05/07
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Because both dialogue and direction are none too exciting, one's tired eyes wander endlessly over the space base sets.
01/26/06
Outland is essentially High Noon in outer space, and one of the most entertaining sci-fi flicks ever made.
01/25/06
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.
08/14/05
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Outland works as a sturdy morality play set uin an unsual environment.
01/31/04
Hyams has directed a few sci-fi action thrillers including Capricorn One, Sudden Death, Timecop and 2010. This isn't his best.
05/24/03
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