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OUTLANDER begins when a space craft crashes into the majestic fjords of ancient Norway and into the time of the Vikings. From the wreckage emerge two bitter enemies: a soldier from another world - Kainan (James Caviezel) - and a bloodthirsty creature known as the Moorwen. Man and monster both ... seeking revenge for violence committed against them. As the Moorwen ravages the Viking world, killing everything in its path, Kainan forms an unlikely alliance with the primitive but fierce warriors. Combining his advanced technology with ancient Iron Age weapons, the hero leads a desperate attempt to kill the monster - before it destroys them all.

Starring: James Caviezel, Sophia Myles
Directed by: weinstein
Runtime: 1 hour 56 minutes
Release year: 2009
Studio: The Weinstein Company

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Synopsis: OUTLANDER begins when a space craft crashes into the majestic fjords of ancient Norway and into the time of the Vikings. From the wreckage emerge two bitter enemies: a soldier from another world - Kainan (James Caviezel) - and a bloodthirsty creature known as the Moorwen. Man and monster both seeking revenge for violence committed against them. As the Moorwen ravages the Viking world, killing everything in its path, Kainan forms an unlikely alliance with the primitive but fierce warriors. Combining his advanced technology with ancient Iron Age weapons, the hero leads a desperate attempt to kill the monster - before it destroys them all.

Starring: James Caviezel, Sophia Myles

Supporting actors: Jack Huston, John Hurt, Cliff Saunders, Patrick Stevenson, Aidan Devine, Ron Perlman, Bailey Maughan, John Nelles, James Preston Rogers, Scott Owen, Petra Prazak, Owen Pattison, Matt Cooke, Katie Bergin, Todd Godin, Mauralea Austin, Matthew Amyotte, John Beale, Ted Ludzik, James Binkley

Directed by: Howard McCain

Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Runtime: 1 hour 56 minutes

Release year: 2009

Studio: The Weinstein Company

MPAA Rating: Rated R for violence

ASIN: B002KS1IJC (Rental) and B002IDDRT8 (Purchase)

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66 of 73 people found the following review helpful

Should've been a wide theatrical release; I hope it's a huge DVD seller! March 4, 2009

By Karl Lee Soule

Format:Blu-ray

I got a chance to see this in the theatres thanks to a friend of mine with a sharp eye. It was only released in a VERY limited engagement - in my area, only one theatre ran it for a week. What a shame!
This movie is a must-see for fans of sci-fi movies like the first Terminator, movies like Ice Pirates, or Pitch Black. It has its own wonderful mythology, and the casting is great. Could've seen more of Ron Pearlman, though.
Yes, there are a couple of cheesy moments, but the good stuff far outweighs the bad. Very very enjoyable film. Looking forward to a disc release, and hopefully an extended edition - rumor has it that Weinstein and Co trimmed 15 min off the end to make the movie fit on one less reel, saving money.

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25 of 29 people found the following review helpful

Worth your time, a solid DVD May 15, 2009

By Steve Kuehl TOP 1000 REVIEWERVINE™ VOICE

Format:DVD

Plenty to read about how the W brothers buried yet another fine film, but those two are a case study in having great films distributed incorrectly. Aside from them - what a great sci-fi film.

We have inter-planetary travel, love, loss, awesome looking dragon creatures with firefly (glowing) capabilities, all intertwined within the Norse time period of our history. Caviezel has just the right look to be the believable yet fearless fighter that hunts these creatures across the universe.

The effects looked adequate, and excelled during any of the ship sequences off planet. I have read most of the criticisms about pacing, time period gaffs and such, but overall I think they made a solid film. The DVD has over 32 minutes of deleted scenes that help answer some of the questions raised while watching the theatrical cut (which runs 115 minutes itself). The alternate opening would have helped with the end - but watching a space ship spiral towards Earth works better. The scenes with his Captain would have been nice to see in the main cut, as would most of the others but oh well. Some nice informative supplements for the special effects also.

Customers have been asking for this since last year, and playing it alone has generated quite a buzz. A worthwhile owner for fans of the film that would of course look beautiful on Blu.

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19 of 25 people found the following review helpful

Not bad, but not as good as those Viking Capital One commercials June 12, 2011

By H. Bala TOP 100 REVIEWER

Format:DVD

In OUTLANDER Jim Caviezel plays an alien hunter so utterly deadpan he makes his PASSION OF THE CHRIST role seem flighty and vivacious. Somewhen in the Viking Iron Age, an extraterrestrial named Kainan (Caviezel) crashlands his space ship, sends it hurtling into the Scandinavian drink. His crew all dead and now bereft of his hi-tech weaponry, the stranded Kainan sets out on his mission to capture the man-eating alien predator called a Moorwen. But, while tracking the monster, Kainan is captured by a group of Vikings and taken to their compound. Not too long after, something begins to make raids on the Vikings' home and territory. Prevailing theories offer a dragon and a bear, and, oboy, does that ever get these doughty Vikings all fired up. Off they go, a-huntin', with their clean-shaven captive in tow.

OUTLANDER, when broken down, is essentially PREDATOR reimagined in old Norway and peopled with medieval, bearded, grog-swilling Norsemen and an intense spaceman. Some bells and whistles are thrown in, like John Hurt as King Hrothgar, Ron Perlman as a bald-headed Viking, and Sophia Myles as the Viking princess, Freya, who knows her way around a sword and isn't shy about baring her midriff, never mind that the near freezing climate seems to dictate bundling up in layers.

Early on, Kainan's computer indicates that Earth is an abandoned seed colony, and it would've been nice if the film had touched more on that. And for someone coming from an advanced culture and superior technology, Kainan isn't allowed a lot of chances to flaunt his stuff as such. Heck, the gent from A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT exercised his futuristic expertise more. Instead, Kainan finds himself immersed into the Vikings' hardy way of life, gradually celebrated in King Hrothgar's mead hall and romancing the king's feisty daughter. However, the best relationship here is the one that develops between Kainan and his warrior rival Wulfric (Jack Huston).

OUTLANDER is better than PATHFINDER (another recent film about Vikings), but it's sort of like saying that a paper cut is better than a poke in the eye. One's marginally preferrable but, mostly, you'd still rather not have both. OUTLANDER's achievement is that it combines Vikings and space aliens and still manages to come away with a story that is predictable and tame. Character development is nil, with these stock characters simply refusing to stand out. Sorry to say, Jim Caviezel, as an action hero, comes across as bland.

Not the acting, not the plot, but there are some saving graces. I thought the CG work is well rendered on the Moorwen, and I especially liked the bioluminescent touch. The several shifts in venue - the dark woods to the mead hall to the hellish caverns - serve to infuse energy, help to fight off that sense of staidness (but it's a losing battle). And I thought that the game of balance on shields (held up by drunken Vikings) was pretty cool.

A slightly better than average 3 out of 5 stars for OUTLANDER. I recommend it mostly for the well-done sci-fi action sequences. Hopefully, the writers of the upcoming COWBOYS AND ALIENS view OUTLANDER as a cautionary tale and learn from it.

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