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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03/26/09
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
US Box Office: $0
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... [More]
Starring: Sean Connery, Peter Boyle, Frances Sternhagen, Kika Markham
Director: Peter Hyams
Reviews for Outland
Top CriticConnery and Boyle are fine, but the wholesale lifting of High Noon's plot certainly undermines interest.
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
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
No review available.
03/27/05
No review available.
11/29/04
No review available.
10/11/04
A movie of unexpected pleasures.
08/30/04
Top CriticNo review available.
07/30/04
No review available.
02/20/04
No review available.
02/06/04
Outland works as a sturdy morality play set uin an unsual environment.
01/31/04
No review available.
01/24/04
No review available.
08/08/03
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
...an enjoyable sci-fi action flick.
12/09/02
No review available.
07/28/02
No review available.
07/26/02
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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