Combine this with a humourless screenplay and unimaginative direction, and Outlander is heavy going.
Comment
04/24/09
Rate this Movie 
Outlander (2009)
39
%
Tomatometer
How does the Tomatometer work
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
Cribbing desperately from The Lord Of The Rings, Reign Of Fire, and especially Beowulf, it's a snorgasbord of awfulness.
04/24/09
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.
04/24/09
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
Howard McCain’s film comes perilously close to being risible at times, but it is never dull.
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
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
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
To nobody's surprise, it's a rubbish but loveably camp shambles.
04/24/09
With its depressing lack of humour failing to compensate for its budget-deficient action sequences, it almost makes the films of Uwe Boll look competent.
04/24/09
Becomes dismayingly conventional.
02/06/09
A sci-fi action period piece with generous doses of horror, romance, picturesque scenery, second-hand costumes, and cliche as far as the eye can see. Interested yet?
02/02/09
It's much too serious to succeed at the gaudy spectacle its concept promises.
01/29/09
As with Cloverfield, I started rooting for the monster to eat the people at a faster rate.
01/27/09
A potentially fun idea that's held back by sub-par writing and a slow as molasses beginning.
01/26/09
An unexpectedly enjoyable science-fiction adventure that should be generating louder fanboy buzz than it has so far.
01/23/09
Outlander is a cheesy, low-budget, space alien Viking monster movie. And seemingly proud of it.
01/23/09
In its second half, Outlander falls apart completely, becoming nothing but a violent, mindless monster movie along the lines of Alien vs. Predator.
01/23/09
Top CriticI wish they could have just called this what it really is: The Alien and the Vikings Versus the Giant, Nearly-Invisible Monster. But in choosing a boring title like Outlander, they have showed their hand: this movie is no fun at all.
01/23/09
In Outlander, the nuttiest hunk of junk in many months, Viking warriors and a stoic intergalactic traveler join forces to combat an enormous beetle with whiplash stingers.
01/23/09
Top CriticLatest News for Outlander
January 16, 2009:
New: Extended Clip and New Trailer 
More...
June 04, 2008:
It's 13th Warrior meets Predator as Vikings help a spaceman defeat an alien monster!
More...
RT On Current TV
What’s Hot On RT
Fresh Links
Featured
Best Nude Scenes of the Year
Moviefone lists their top ten nude scenes from film in 2009.
Hollywood.com's Best of 2009
Thomas Leupp offers us Hollywood.com's take on the best films of the year.
Best Dozen of the Decade
Last week, MSN gave us their top 09 films. Now see what their favorites of the decade are!
Top 10 Movies of 2009
TIME chimes in with their own list of the best films released this year.
Top 20 of the Decade
Click through to see which movies BuzzSugar placed in their Best-of-Decade list!
Promos
Follow RT on Twitter
Get the latest Tomatometer updates on upcoming movies!
RSS Feeds