Product Details

• Actors: Stephen Winegard, Kimberly Mauldin, Stuart Watson, Sunset Carson, Kari Anderson
• Directors: Phil Smoot
• Writers: Phil Smoot
• Producers: Phil Smoot, George B. Walker, John G. Wolfe III
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Vci Video
• DVD Release Date: December 21, 2004
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0002ZDWK8
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #133,411 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Alien Outlaw" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Filmed two years before Predator, many have commented that Alien Outlaw could have been that film's inspiration -- An alien ship lands in a remote mountain location and its occupants go on a hunting party. And, yes, their prey is human! This science fiction adventure has been praised for its subtle social commentary and humankind's relationship with guns, friends and nature. Fashioned like an old comic book story, ALIEN OUTLAW is the second film that B-Western film star Lash La Rue did for Writer/Director Phil Smoot. Always starring in cowboy flicks that featured him with a whip, La Rue said, "They just won't let me put that thing down!" But in his last leading role, Lash La Rue breaks the mold in a film that features both guns and horses but allows him to put down his trademark weapon. Perhaps, as a result, this has been called La Rue's finest film performance. Bonus Features: Uncut and Available for the first time in the USA| Contains a New Widescreen (1.66:1 Anamorphic) and a New Full screen version| Commentary track with both the Writer/Director (Phil Smoot) and the Editor (Sherwood Jones)| Meet the Legends: A one of a kind interview as Republic "B" Western Star, Sunset Carson, interviews legendary "King of the Bullwhip" Lash La Rue| Meet the Ingénue: Sunset's behind-the-scenes interview with newcomer Kari Anderson| Behind the News: News Conference before the filming| Behind the scenes: Home video footage on the set of Alien Outlaw| Trailer of The Dark Power with Lash La Rue. Specs: DVD9; Dolby Digital Mono; 90 minutes; Color; 1.66:1&1.33:1 Aspect Ratio; MPAA - NR; Year - 1985; SRP - $5.99.

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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Old Cowboys, Youthful Cuties, Alien Frogmen, & a Hoss, December 29, 2005

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D. Ham Sr. "Boogie Daddy" (San Angelo, TX) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Alien Outlaw (DVD)

First, I did enjoy this movie and knew what I bought was going to challenge my personal integrity and value as a human being.
Alien Outlaw is a flick you might enjoy at a Drive In Movie that cost $1 per carload showing a few movies for that $1. As a child I enjoyed Lash La Rue and most of those old cowboy serials on 1950's T.V. programs, maybe you did too. These old cowpokes in this movie perform adequately for their age and it is nice to see them, most are gone now. Alien Outlaw is definitely one of those really strange cultish films and there are people on this planet who find it might be something to give them a great pleasure in it's ability to amaze and stupify. The Aliens are muggish frogmen and the cutie with the guns is very nice to look at as are most of the females, the dialogue is sorted, most of the actors try hard, Lash never uses a whip in this movie, ( I was disappointed) there is a horse and several 80's model cars, and a gas station. It may cause you to laugh. Small review. See the movie.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Silly fun, surprisingly nice DVD, January 14, 2010

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Muzzlehatch (the walls of Gormenghast) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Alien Outlaw (DVD)

A few months ago, I ordered and watched THE DARK POWER, the first film from North Carolina low-budget auteur Phil Smoot, and I enjoyed it quite a bit. It's very cheap, low-budget fun, made all the more entertaining for me because the filmmakers seem to be taking their work - though not themselves, necessarily - very seriously. I'm not entirely how true the portrait of Ed Wood in Tim Burton's film of the same name is - but picture a guy like that and you've got it pretty much. Anyway, like I said, good cheesy fun and Smoot only made one other film, so I decided I had to get it.

Alas despite this being made after THE DARK POWER, it's less professional and generally a lower quality effort all around. For one thing the acting is just horrendous; the earlier film is about a bunch of college girls set upon by spirits of dead Indians, and the actresses seem like...dumb college girls, so it basically works. In ALIEN OUTLAW you've got a very mediocre actress (Kari Anderson in her only performance, apparently) chosen I suspect for her spectacular legs and rear end, which she shows off to great advantage in a skimpy cowgirl costume early in the film. She's professional trick shot Jesse Jamison (ha-ha get it?), and the plot of the film concerns aliens which look like cheap CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON knockoffs who come to earth to hunt humans for sport with our own weapons. They get ahold of some of Jesse's guns and go on a little spree, and it's up to our modern western heroine to take 'em out.

Not a bad premise really - with a certain similarity you might note to PREDATOR, which actually came out 2 years later - but the film does nothing with it. Lots of long, inane dialogue scenes with Jesse getting mad at her lazy manager, a terrible interview scene as she tries to get a better gig, and a few old b-western stars trotted out because presumably director/writer Smoot liked them and they worked cheap. Lash LaRue, the star of his previous film, is featured here but doesn't even get to use a whip (his trademark) and just plays the lame role of Jesse's sort-of mentor who keeps talking about how bad a cook he is. Very poor action sequences and some dreadful editing and continuity problems; basically what the film has going for it is some nice scenery of the North Carolina hills - and the young female varieties. Anderson has a nice smile and great long wavy 70s hair to go with her nice backside; she probably could have had something of a career but for whatever reason didn't. And neither did Smoot after his two initial efforts failed to do anything even on video at the time. No loss, really; much as I like to see regional filmmakers who don't want to sell out and make the Hollywood compromises, I'm not sure Smoot had much to offer.

The DVD presentation, though, like that of THE DARK POWER, is first rate. Both widescreen and fullscreen versions of the film are offered, there's a director commentary which is probably going to be most interesting to other would-be low-budget indie filmmakers, and a few short interviews and behind-the-scenes videos. I don't know if Smoot or the film have some kind of cult following, or manufacturer VCI is trying to create one, but somehow the loving attention given to this crappy film wins me over to some extent, and a 2-star film overall gets 3 in this review for the attention it's given. And, frankly, bad as it is I had some fun. Connoisseurs of cheese could certainly do worse.

7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A long way from Predator, March 28, 2008

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Mr Blitzer (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Alien Outlaw (DVD)

The idea that this could have inspired Predator is laughable. This is probably the lowest budget movie I have ever seen. The "space monsters" are guys in black with diving tanks. Interesting how the monsters carry the exact same kind of guns the Earthlings do? Like they all were owned by the same guy? No, this is pure silliness. If you're looking for a Lash Larue movie, check out one of his westerns when he was in his prime; this is not his best work. But it is good natured, and the lead girl has astonishingly pretty legs, so if you like those grade Z style movies, give it a shot.