SoftInloveRox Horrible, fascist and poorly acted

Livestonth I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

Bergorks If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

Billie Morin This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

Tweetienator Outland - a dystopian sci-fi flick which combines the trades of Western and crime movies with a sci-fi scenario. A perfect mix, with really good acting even in all the minor roles - and on top you get Sean Connery himself as an Space Marshall waiting for his "High Noon" like Gary Cooper did in Zinnemann's immortal classic!Innovative mix for its time and like Zardoz (also with Sean Connery) one of the sci-fi classics of 2nd line.

ma-cortes This thrilling picture tells the story of Marshall William T. O'Niel (Sean Connery as the ultimate and overwhelming hero figure) at a far planet standing against impossible odds , he is married to Carol (Kika Markham) and has a little boy promising to leave his risked job and settle down for a peaceful existence . In this distant future , the police marshal is stationed at the remote mining colony on the Jupiter moon of Io , there happens weird events when miners begin suffering from confuse visions and rare breakdowns , as well surprising outbreaks and spells of insanity . The marshal starts an investigation that threatens the colony's survival . Marshal William T. O'Niel uncovers a drug-smuggling conspiracy run by Mark Sheppard (Peter Boyle) , as the latter has sworn revenge against William . The security marshal gets no support from the populace when he later finds himself marked for killing and nobody is willing to help him . A team of bounty killers and will arrive in moon base at high noon . A doctor , Dr. Lazarus (Frances Sternhagen) , ultimately risks death to give him a hand .A particular rendition of ¨High noon¨ set in outer space on a volcanic moon of Jupiter , stars Sean Connery alone versus a planet-wide drug ring . In fact , this one is no more or less than a Western in space , replacing Gary Cooper by Sean Connery . This enjoyable Sci-Fi is plenty of suspense as the dreaded noon hour approaches and the protagonist realizes he must stand alone , but asking his base fellows for help , nobody is willing to help him . An agreeable Science Fiction movie full of emotional thrills , action and suspense , though the science is rather poor . It is a highly mysterious thriller , filled with non-stop action , including a spectacular denouement in its final part . The narration is adjusted in real time , from the beginning to arrival of the enemy aircraft , at a final showdown and it is approximately developed in ninety minutes as the many on-screen ticks clocks will check . It might make a catching double feature along with ¨High noon¨ . Connery is perfect as the flawed hero who faces off professional killers . He gives first-rate acting as a tough agent who takes on vicious hired killers , facing alone after being abandoned to his fate by the gutless population . Suppport cast is pretty well , giving brief but decent acting , such as : James B. Sikking , Steven Berkoff , Clarke Peters , John Ratzenberger , Angus MacInnes , Eugene Lipinski and Peter Boyle is just right as a heinous villain . And special mention for Frances Sternhagen as the veteran doctor who helps Connery , she steals the show , thanks to her sympathetic and valiant performance . The motion picture contains an excellent cinematography by cameraman Stephen Goldblatt . Rousing and suspenseful musical score by the great Jerry Goldsmith , performed by London symphony orchestra . The yarn was compellingly directed by Peter Hyams . Peter is an uneven filmmaker who has directed all kinds of genres with successes and flops , such as Adventure : ¨Musketeer¨ ; Terror : ¨The relic¨, ¨End of days¨ ; Action : ¨The Presidio¨, ¨Sudden death¨, ¨Timecop¨ , ¨Narrow margin¨ ; Sci-fi : ¨2010 , the year we make contact¨ , ¨Capricorn one¨, ¨Sound and thunder ¨; Drama : ¨The star chamber¨, ¨Our time¨ ; and Comedy : Running scared¨, ¨Stay tuned¨

birck By now you've read the other reviews, and they are arguably right-It's like High Noon, there are some logical errors, etc., but there are also good performances from Connery and-especially- from Frances Sternhagen, who almost upstages the star. In lieu of a comely ingenue on the spacecraft to take the Marshall's mind off his job, we get Ms. Sternhagen as a wise, prophetic ship's doctor of a certain age,to whom he instantly takes a liking, if only because she isn't handing out the boilerplate crap he's getting from all the higher-ups. I liked it when it came out in 1981, but as the years have passed, what I remember about it is the scenes between Sean Connery and Frances Sternhagen.

Mr-Fusion If you take "High Noon" and throw in some "Rio Bravo" and a little bit of "Die Hard" for good measure, the garishly-colored goo left in the blender is "Outlander". Sean Connery is the marshal who faces opposition when he disrupts a drug operation at a mining colony on one of Jupiter's moons. No one around (including his fellow lawmen) are of any help as the top dog (Peter Boyle) has reinforcements arriving any day now. And once they do, it's a cat-and-mouse through the "Alien"-like interiors of the settlement. There's no question that Connery carries this film on his mighty shoulders, and things don't pick up steam until the halfway point. It's when our hero takes up arms and some manly Scottish punches are thrown that this slumbering beast actually stirs. But then everything slows down once again until the hired muscle shows up, and we begin the silly wire stunts of outer space fisticuffs.But Peter Hyams has directed better movies, and "Outland" never rises above "meh". 5/10