Outland reviews (1981)

Outland

1981

Overall rating: 3 out of 5

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For Marshal O'Neil (Sean Connery), the Jupiter moon Io is just another dingy mining town on the final frontier. When his wife leaves him and takes their son with them, it merely confirms that though he's traveled millions of miles, his life is going nowhere. Then he notices that miners are dying in strangely psychotic ways -- walking in space without spacesuits, carving up prostitutes. With the help of Dr. Lazarus (Frances Sternhagen), his investigation reveals that the miners are ingesting a lethal drug that speeds their work efforts. He learns that the company that runs the town is behind the drug. He confronts the town boss Sheppard Peter Boyle and soon has two hit men heading toward Io with a plan to kill him. As the seconds tick down to the next space shuttle's arrival, O'Neil plots to meet them and faces the biggest challenge of his life.~ Nick Sambides, Jr., All Movie Guide

Outland details

Format:	15 DVD
Starring:	Kika Markham, Sean Connery, Peter Boyle, Frances Sternhagen, James B. Sikking
Director:	Peter Hyams
Genres:	Sci-Fi/Fantasy - Action/Adventure, Sci-fi - Alien, Thriller - Action/Adventure
Studio:	WARNER HOME VIDEO
Collections:	Top Sci-Fi

DVD 1 disc

Name	Discs
Outland	15 Feature

DVD Information

Run time:	1 hour 45 minutes
Rental release:	25 Sep 1998
Main languages:	English
Subtitles:	Arabic, English
Hearing impaired subtitles:	English

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High noon in space

By zzzzzz (112 reviews) from at home , 07 Feb 2005

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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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Oh dear... avoid...

By Geeeflat (23 reviews) , 14 Oct 2012

My wife and I have guessed the plot of the is bad script about 5 to 10 minutes into this movie and then suffered watching it unfold like music paper for the next 2 hours, with bad acting (except connery of course). One star for good art and good SFX for 1981.

Do avoid, there s nothing to gain from watching this. Even not for documentary interest.
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Space suits do not sci-fi make

By a customer , 19 Aug 2012

Apart from the setting, there is not much sci-fi in this. More of a cop versus drug dealers. Much of it takes place in semi darkness and the sound effects are grating.
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This could have been a good film

By a customer , 15 Jun 2012

but it wasn't really. Sean Connery and the spacey sets distract you a bit, and the story begins as though it has somewhere interesting to go. But then you realise the dialogue is appalling and it's just a lot of running about. The plot is super thin and the ending laughably bad. You're not missing out if you don't see it. Two stars is generous.
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Going cuckoo in space

By StevieGuk (4 reviews) , 11 Jun 2012

Classic Connery. When you need an old sci-fi to satisfy your evening movie appetite, watch this.

I enjoyed the script and the typical going cuckoo in space. It has love and longing also, which is required in any movie -for me at least.

Without spoiling it; Connery uncovers something going on which he battles to unearth. What, I won't say!
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gritty and well paced

By lupinehorror (6 reviews) from Glasgow , 10 Jun 2012

probably saw this first in the mid 80s and remember enjoying it very much.

seen it a few times since and still think it's a very watchable movie. sean is...well, sean...but that's no bad thing. i like the visual style...dark and claustrophobic and the sets and effects haven't dated too badly.

well worth 104 minutes of your time.
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