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Outland
1981
A federal marshal on an outer-space mining colony uncovers a hideous secret that threatens the sanity of miners working in the depths of an outer planet. Academy Award Nominations: Best Sound. Read more
| Starring | Sean Connery, Peter Boyle, Frances Sternhagen, Kika Markham |
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| Director | Peter Hyams |
| Genres | Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
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Outland
A federal marshal on an outer-space mining colony uncovers a hideous secret that threatens the sanity of miners working in the depths of an outer planet. Academy Award Nominations: Best Sound.
| Starring | Sean Connery, Peter Boyle, Frances Sternhagen, Kika Markham, James B. Sikking |
|---|---|
| Director | Peter Hyams |
| Studio | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 45 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: Arabic, English |
| Released | DVD: 25 Sep 1998 Production year: 1981 |
| Format | DVD |
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Critics' reviews (4)
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It's High Noon in outer space as mining colony marshal Sean Connery confronts the pushers peddling lethal drugs to Jupiter moon workers so they'll produce more ore. This bleak dramatisation of final frontier contamination comes complete with Alien-inspired decor and smooth direction by Peter Hyams. But eschewing the cleverness of his Capricorn One for a doggedly one-dimensional approach to both plot and character, Hyams sinks this far-flung fantasy with cheap scare tactics, illogical science and B-movie western-style gun battles that scupper credibility. And why does Connery never call for back up?
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High Noon re-located on sunless Io, Jupiter's third moon, with Connery as the upright federal marshal posted to the... read more on Time Out
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
High noon in space
Dark and dirty cop thriller. Sean Connery excellent as marshall O’Niel.
Inventive SFX that still holds up against the CGI of today. -
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rubbish
i would like to be more articulate, but i dont think this film merits the effort.
This is so average and formulaic it makes Hollyoaks look edgy and unpredictable. Seans' wife leaves him before anything meaningful is established about their relationship, to show us he is hurt we see the 'message' she leaves him and watch him looking hurt. New sherriff in town won't play by the rules, this is just cr*p, i hung my laundry out whilst it was on and may have missed the last 15minutes, i didn't care. Oh, and i know it shouldn't be so, but a scottish man in the future, i dunno, bad casting, p*ss-poor script and m-o-r sets. Strangely though, i can understand why it won an academy award for Best Sound, but seriously, who cares? Don't rent it, it's not ironic, so-bad-its-good or funny, it's rubbish.
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