Now Playing
Critics & Publications
Archives: A-Z Index
Advanced Search

Upcoming Release Calendar
Weekend Box Office
Film Awards & Top 10s By Year
All-Time High Scores
All-Time Low Scores
How Metascores Are Calculated
Discuss Film In Our Forums

sort by name

sort by score

53 Australia
33 Bedtime Stories
41 Beverly Hills Chihuahua
67 Bolt
24 Bride Wars
38 Confessions of a Shopaholic
79 Coraline
36 Crossing Over
70 Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The
82 Dark Knight, The
40 Day the Earth Stood Still, The
68 Doubt
31 Fired Up
36 Fly Me to the Moon
41 Four Christmases
34 Friday the 13th
72 Gran Torino
47 He's Just Not That Into You
51 Hotel for Dogs
47 Inkheart
52 International, The
46 Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience
61 Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
50 Madea Goes to Jail
53 Marley & Me
84 Milk
51 My Bloody Valentine 3-D
29 New in Town
60 Notorious
40 Outlander
39 Paul Blart: Mall Cop
36 Pink Panther 2
36 Push
69 Revolutionary Road
49 Soul Men
30 Spirit, The
21 Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
50 Taken
53 Tale of Despereaux, The
56 Twilight
30 Unborn, The
77 Under the Sea 3D
44 Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
43 Uninvited, The
56 Valkyrie
70 Vicky Cristina Barcelona
35 Watchmen
46 Yes Man

Stars indicate the most critically-acclaimed movies.

sort by name

sort by score

31 American Affair, An
76 Betrayal - Nerakhoon, The
70 Black Balloon, The
49 Blessed Is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh
51 Breakfast with Scot
33 Caller, The
44 Chandni Chowk to China
63 Changeling
64 Che
61 Cherry Blossoms
92 Class, The
58 Defiance
45 Delhi 6
43 Donkey Punch
27 Echelon Conspiracy
56 Eleven Minutes
66 Examined Life
45 Fanboys
69 Fear(s) of the Dark
80 Frost/Nixon
86 Gomorrah
40 Good
84 Happy-Go-Lucky
21 House of the Sleeping Beauties
50 How About You
79 I've Loved You So Long
69 Just Another Love Story
79 Katyn
57 Last Chance Harvey
82 Let the Right One In
17 Lodger, The
58 Luck by Chance
63 Medicine for Melancholy
25 Memorial Day
70 Moscow, Belgium
75 Must Read After My Death
43 Not Easily Broken
xx Objective, The
81 Of Time and the City
34 Otto; or Up with Dead People
78 Pray the Devil Back to Hell
82 Rachel Getting Married
58 Reader, The
65 Scott Walker: 30 Century Man
80 Serbis
49 Shadows
76 Silent Light
86 Slumdog Millionaire
82 Stranded: I Have Come from a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains
67 Synecdoche, New York
11 Trouble with Romance, The
75 Two Lovers
83 U2 3D
xx Velveteen Rabbit, The
91 Waltz with Bashir
80 Wendy and Lucy
81 Wrestler, The

Stars indicate the most critically-acclaimed movies.

Outlander
The Weinstein Company


7.5

based on 11 reviews
Read critic reviews
How did we calculate this?

based on 10 votes
Read user comments
Rate this movie

Internet Movie Database

MPAA RATING: R for violence

Starring James Caviezel, John Hurt, Ron Perlman, and Sophia Myles

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 – 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. (The Weinstein Company)

GENRE(S):	Adventure \| Sci-fi
WRITTEN BY:	Howard McCain Dirk Blackman
DIRECTED BY:	Howard McCain
RELEASE DATE:	Theatrical: January 23, 2009
RUNNING TIME:	minutes, Color
ORIGIN:	USA

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

The Hollywood Reporter Ray Bennett

It's entertaining nonsense with major league special effects, larger-than-life characters and inventive monsters that draw on the "Aliens" and "Predator" models, being terrifying but also vaguely sympathetic.

The Onion (A.V. Club) Tasha Robinson

Surprise number one: It's smarter than it looks. Surprise number two: That doesn't entirely ruin it as an action film.

Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea

An enjoyably goofy hybrid of extraterrestrial sci-fi and Iron Age action, Outlander boasts a super-serious Jim Caviezel in the title role

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker

If only Outlander was as fun as the premise makes it sound on paper.

Variety Derek Elley

Not helped by a wooden perf from Jim Caviezel as a humanoid alien who accidentally imports a real alien to eighth-century Earth.

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

Outlander is interesting as a collision of genres: the monster movie meets the Viking saga. You have to give it credit for carrying that premise to its ultimate (if not logical) conclusion.

Chicago Tribune Michael Phillips

The nuttiest hunk of junk in many months.

Boston Globe Wesley Morris

By taking nonsense seriously Outlander never achieves camp. It's a comic book that's mistaken itself for scripture.

Miami Herald Rene Rodriguez

There isn't a single scene in this story about a traveler from another planet (Jim Caviezel) who crash-lands on Earth during the Iron Age that doesn't remind you of another, better movie.

San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle

In its second half, Outlander falls apart completely, becoming nothing but a violent, mindless monster movie along the lines of "Alien vs. Predator."

Chicago Reader Cliff Doerksen

Writer-director Howard McCain bids fair to dethrone Uwe Boll as the king of crap action flicks, and every second feels like time on the cross.

The average user rating for this movie is 7.5 (out of 10) based on 10 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Zeb O. gave it a7:
Once again, ignore the critics. It's a great flick.

Mike D. gave it a9:
If you like fantasy styled films, this is about as good as it gets these days. Worth the watch.

num chuck gave it an8:
Enjoyable, if you don't take it too serious. i think iti could have done far better with more cash.

Julie T gave it a7:
It's not the best alien movie out there, but if u like the genre, you'll be entertained. You'll like it, not love it.

Roger S. gave it a7:
This is a traditional sci-fi monster movie that does exactly what it's supposed to do: build a sense a dread, have the monster jump out of the dark and lay waste all around, and after nearly dying himself let the hero slay the beast and win the maiden. It's Beowulf with aliens.

Discuss this movie in our forums

Return to top of page

Outlander The Weinstein Company

Outlander
The Weinstein Company