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Outlander
The Weinstein Company

Outlander reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 40 Metascore out of 100
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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 

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70
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.
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67
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.
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63
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
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50
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker
If only Outlander was as fun as the premise makes it sound on paper.
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50
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.
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50
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.
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50
Chicago Tribune Michael Phillips
The nuttiest hunk of junk in many months.
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50
Boston Globe Wesley Morris
By taking nonsense seriously Outlander never achieves camp. It's a comic book that's mistaken itself for scripture.
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25
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.
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25
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."
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20
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.
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