Outlander
2008 Directed by Howard McCain
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During the reign of the Vikings, a man from another world crash-lands on Earth, bringing with him an alien predator. The man must fuse his advanced technology with the weaponry of the vikings to fight the monster.
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Surprisingly good. Great science fiction film about a outlander from another planet helping Vikings rid of dragons. Sounded stupid to me too but after watching it its actually pretty good.
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It's a good thing Jim Caviezel has resurrected after being hung on that cross, cause there are SPACE DRAGONS that need killing.
When futuristic humans start colonizing a new planet, they really piss off the locals, who just happen to be SPACE DRAGONS.
One of these SPACE DRAGONS stows away on Caviezel's ship, forcing him to crash land on the abandoned human colony planet called earth. The inhabitants of this backwater shithole are a bunch of nordic bastards led by John Hurt.
Anyways, Ron Perlman shows up and breaks shit with a hammer, then there's this princess chick who goes into battle in a leather bra, and then they build a bomb out of whale fat.
So grab your popcorn and beer and let's watch He who is called Jim Caviezel kill SPACE DRAGONS with a sword.
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Silly, but entertaining.
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Space Jesus vs. Vikings vs. Alien Dragon = Everyone wins...
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I just started watching Person of Interest, and now Jim pops up in a 2008 movie :)
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The idea of Norse warriors, aliens and Ron Perlman was enough to entice me. But as it turns out, the film was a huge waste of time. The plot is boring for 80% of the film, the lead actor is near robotic and Ron Perlman doesn't have nearly enough screen-time.
Dissapoint.
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I'm going to skip the review (it's good) and just announce that this movie has the coolest, most iconic sword design since THE SWORD AND THE SORCERER (1982).
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Begins kind of ok, but as it goes on it becomes worse. In the end it isn't too good.
Needless to say I wasn't around when vikings were roaming the earth. But I have a very hard time relating to the vikings Hollywood keep showing us. Always seems horribly wrong to me.
It is obvious that the sound designer of Outlander never set his foot in a norwegian forest.
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Ok, I had no hopes, and it delivered below the watermark. But why on earth does EVERY movie made with "outside money" that's set in my home country, Norway, have to suck? At least when it comes to vikings? Rats, bullocks and shit! That's my review!
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Surprisingly entertaining sci-fi flick which is basically 'Alien meet the Vikings'.
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It's a good thing Jim Caviezel has resurrected after being hung on that cross, cause there are SPACE DRAGONS that need killing.
When futuristic humans start colonizing a new planet, they really piss off the locals, who just happen to be SPACE DRAGONS.
One of these SPACE DRAGONS stows away on Caviezel's ship, forcing him to crash land on the abandoned human colony planet called earth. The inhabitants of this backwater shithole are a bunch of nordic bastards led by John Hurt.
Anyways, Ron Perlman shows up and breaks shit with a hammer, then there's this princess chick who goes into battle in a leather bra, and then they build a bomb out of whale fat.
So grab your popcorn and beer and let's watch He who is called Jim Caviezel kill SPACE DRAGONS with a sword.
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Interesting take on the Beowulf fable.
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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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Filmideen, die mich auf Anhieb überzeugen: Ein Raumschiff stürzt in der Nähe eines Wikingerdorfes ab, und der titelgebende "Outlander", der aus dem Wrack krabbelt, gibt sich als Drachenjäger aus. Er wird gefangen genommen, aber dann stellt sich heraus, dass seine Geschichte wahr ist, denn mit ihm kam ein ungemütliches Alien auf die Erde.
Klingt doch gut, oder? Kann da noch viel schief gehen?
Naja... Der Film ist nicht wirklich schlecht, aber aus der verrückten Grundidee hätte man definitiv mehr machen können. Outlander bietet zwar das, was man vom Trailer erwartet, aber macht finde ich die selben Fehler wie Reign of Fire vor ein paar Jahren. So gut wie alle Actionszenen spielen im Dunklen, dabei würde man den "Drachen" doch gerne…