Outlander is a cracking bit of fantasy adventure, bristling with cool special effects and battle sequences. OK, so at heart nothing makes much sense, but it moves at a fair old pace.
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04/24/09
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Outlander (2009)
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Reviews Counted:59
Fresh:23
Rotten:36
Average Rating:5.1/10
Consensus: Schizophrenic in subject and lackluster in execution, Outlander might have trouble finding the cult audience for which it was built.
Rated: R [See Full Rating]
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Theatrical Release:Jan 23, 2009 Limited
Box Office: $59,581
Synopsis: During the reign of the Vikings, a being from another galaxy (Urban) crash-lands on Earth, bringing with him an alien predator.
Starring: James Caviezel, Sophia Myles, Jack Huston, Ron Perlman
Director: Howard McCain
Reviews for Outlander
Sure, it’s cheesy and the acting is ropey at times, but the monster is scary enough to have you screaming in your sleep.
04/24/09
Stunning special effects and bloody battle sequences make it just the ticket for a popcorn monster fantasy. If you want to engage your brain, best avoid.
04/28/09
Beowulf meets Aliens in a rip-roaring mixture of B-movie clichés, wooden acting, dumb dialogue and bloodthirsty action scenes. Indulgent fantasy fans of all ages should find it a guilty pleasure.
04/24/09
Do you need to be told it's preposterous? Probably not. But you may be pleasantly surprised to hear it's also quite enjoyable.
04/24/09
Outlander is a fluid genre exercise that satisfies cravings for action and Norse mythology in one fell swoop. It's a full-bodied adventure movie that's responsive and reverential to the needs of sci-fi escapism.
01/21/09
An unexpectedly enjoyable science-fiction adventure that should be generating louder fanboy buzz than it has so far.
01/23/09
An excellent creature feature. A B movie in the best sense of the word, Outlander could teach many of the so-called summer blockbusters a thing or two about character, story and performance.
04/24/09
Outlander is a perfectly acceptable mashup of "Alien," "Predator" and just about every Viking flick you've ever seen.
05/13/09
...ultimately establishes itself as a fun little endeavor that boasts as irresistible a premise as one could possibly imagine.
05/28/09
A harmlessly entertaining, old-fashioned epic that fuses a SciFi Channel–esque space-colonization parable with an Iron-Age period actioner.
01/22/09
Howard McCain’s film comes perilously close to being risible at times, but it is never dull.
04/24/09
This is honestly better than all the big Hollywood blockbusters that have been released so far this summer.
06/08/09
A film version of fish and chips — humble, honest fare that’s ludicrous, inventive, gory within limits, and has a cast having so much fun it’s hard not to be swept along with them. And besides, you can’t have nouvelle cuisine every night of the week.
04/24/09
...like "Reign of Fire" crossed with "Beowulf" spiced with a dash of "Alien."...destined for a cult audience.
01/22/09
Vikings vs aliens - what's not to love? This delivers pretty much everything you could hope for from a movie whose premise basically boils down to Vikings fighting aliens.
04/24/09
Outlandish would have been a better title for a film that's great fun and quite exciting before eventually outstaying its welcome.
04/25/09
Its blend of crappy special effects, cheesy acting and straight-faced silliness is enough to provide viewers with a taste for camp trash with a couple of hours of cheerfully ridiculous mind-rot.
01/22/09
About as subtle as being punched in the face by an angry Norwegian, it delivers everything you could possibly want from a movie about Vikings and alien monsters.
05/27/09
An enjoyably goofy hybrid of extraterrestrial sci-fi and Iron Age action.
01/22/09
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