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Movie Overview
Cast
• James Caviezel
• Sophia Myles
• Jack Huston
Director
• Howard McCain
MPAA Rating
R - for violence.
Outlander (2009)

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OFCS Rating: 38% Rotten
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2/5
"As clunky and ineffective as an iron-age weapon on an alien predator's hide, this retro-SF rationalisation of Beowulf could have done with less sword and more pen."  Channel 4 Film  Anton Bitel

1.5/5
"awash in inexplicable incompleteness... uninvolving and inert"  Filmcritic.com  Bill Gibron

3/4
"Outlander is a fluid genre exercise that satisfies cravings for action and Norse mythology in one fell swoop. It's a full-bodied adventure movie that's responsive and reverential to the needs of sci-fi escapism."  Sci-Fi Movie Page  Brian Orndorf

2.5/4
"...ultimately establishes itself as a fun little endeavor that boasts as irresistible a premise as one could possibly imagine."  Reel Film Reviews  David Nusair

C-
"For a movie about aliens and Vikings, Outlander turns out to be awfully rough going."  AMCtv.com  Eugene Novikov

D
"Surely they mean Outlandish...ready-made for a late-night slot on the Sci-Fi channel."  One Guy's Opinion  Frank Swietek

3.5/4
"This is honestly better than all the big Hollywood blockbusters that have been released so far this summer."  Montreal Film Journal  Kevin N. Laforest

C+
"...like "Reign of Fire" crossed with "Beowulf" spiced with a dash of "Alien."...destined for a cult audience."  Reeling Reviews  Laura Clifford

2/4
"Becomes dismayingly conventional."  TheMovieReport.com  Michael Dequina

4/5
"Its blend of crappy special effects, cheesy acting and straight-faced silliness is enough to provide viewers with a taste for camp trash with a couple of hours of cheerfully ridiculous mind-rot."  eFilmCritic.com  Peter Sobczynski

3/5
"A sci-fi action period piece with generous doses of horror, romance, picturesque scenery, second-hand costumes, and cliche as far as the eye can see. Interested yet?"  FEARnet  Scott Weinberg

C
"... a skimpy script with unimaginative characters, mundane dialogue and routine plot twists."  Seattle Post-Intelligencer  Sean Axmaker

5/10
"It's much too serious to succeed at the gaudy spectacle its concept promises."  Antagony & Ecstasy  Tim Brayton
OFCS Rating: 38% Rotten
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