Outcast

Name: Outcast
Genre: Action, Adventure
Released: February 6, 2015
Duration: 99 min
Rating: 33
Cast: Hayden Christensen, Nicolas Cage

2015

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Entertainment One | Release Date: February 6, 2015 | Not Rated

Starring: Hayden Christensen, Nicolas Cage

Summary: When the heir of the Imperial throne becomes the target of an assassination by his despised older brother, the young prince must flee the kingdom and seek protection. His only hope for survival is a reluctant war-weary crusader named Jacob (Hayden Christensen), who must overcome his own personal demons and rally the assistance of a mythicalWhen the heir of the Imperial throne becomes the target of an assassination by his despised older brother, the young prince must flee the kingdom and seek protection. His only hope for survival is a reluctant war-weary crusader named Jacob (Hayden Christensen), who must overcome his own personal demons and rally the assistance of a mythical outlaw known as The White Ghost (Nicolas Cage). Together they must fight side by side in an epic battle to return the prince to his rightful place on the throne.… Expand

Director: Nick Powell

Genre(s): Action, Adventure

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 99 min

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Gary Goldstein

Feb 5, 2015

Christensen manages his fairly dimensional antihero role with physical and emotional aplomb, but onetime A-lister Cage looks and sounds too silly to take seriously. Worry not, fans of Cage's over-the-top stylings: Scenery is reliably chewed. Read full review

Brad Wheeler

Feb 5, 2015

Ultimately the ham-fisted Outcast shares less in common with Eastwood’s "American Sniper" than it does with his "Unforgiven" from 1992 and that western’s regretful killers. Read full review

Elizabeth Weitzman

Feb 4, 2015

Cage, adopting an accent that could best be defined as Just British Enough to Sound Serious, adds some welcome weirdness to this otherwise generic production. He doesn’t fit in at all, but then again, who’d want him to? Read full review

Chris Klimek

Feb 5, 2015

At least Outcast’s rustic sets and costumes look lived-in and real. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Feb 3, 2015

Outcast is what happens when stunt men direct. The fights are marvelously choreographed, the swordplay splendid and the bloody body count high in director Nicholas Powell’s Middle East/Far East quest tale. The script? Derivative, dim and dull. The performances? Not much, either. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Feb 5, 2015

The barnacle-encrusted plot...is dumbed down to the studs. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Glenn Kenny

Feb 6, 2015

Aside from providing an object lesson in how Chinese film financing forces some rather remarkable storyline convolutions into generic international action pictures, Outcast provides nothing of interest. Read full review

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xXAlways_RiteXx

Mar 27, 2015

Clearly one of Nicolas Cage's best performances in years. He clearly shows his talent and shines as one of the best actors of all time. NOT THE BEES ARRRGHHH! ANYTHING BUT THE BEES!

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Darlyn17135

Sep 5, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I don’t understand the horrible reviews that this movie has I think it’s a great movie with great acting from Hayden Christianson and Nicholas Cage. It also has great choreography.… Expand

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Ferqueso17

Sep 5, 2022

Very underrated movie. Nicholas Cage and Hayden Christianson’s performances are great. Another strong point of the movie is the great choreography and the good pacing.

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WheelzFourReelz

May 17, 2015

I was hoping this would be a guilty pleasure schlock-fest. Instead I got a generic, lifeless movie with boring characters, wooden acting, terrible cinematography, poorly choreographed action, a bland script, and a forgettable plot. At least we get to see a little bit of Nicholas CageI was hoping this would be a guilty pleasure schlock-fest. Instead I got a generic, lifeless movie with boring characters, wooden acting, terrible cinematography, poorly choreographed action, a bland script, and a forgettable plot. At least we get to see a little bit of Nicholas Cage overacting, but he's hardly in the movie. It's not worth watching even from a "so bad it's good" standpoint.… Expand

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royphishooh

Mar 17, 2015

Another rotten Nicolas Cage movie. His accent is ridiculous and the action is laughable. Hayden Christiansen as a Crusader with an unexplained Irish accent who decided to move to China (because that's where the movie money came from) was extremely poor; he looked like, and was as wooden as,Another rotten Nicolas Cage movie. His accent is ridiculous and the action is laughable. Hayden Christiansen as a Crusader with an unexplained Irish accent who decided to move to China (because that's where the movie money came from) was extremely poor; he looked like, and was as wooden as, David Beckham.… Expand

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WJS

Aug 27, 2015

Here's another turkey for Nicolas Cage to add to his collection. I kept thinking that Keanu Reeves was going to show up, like in 47 Ronin or some such.

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MattBrady99

Jun 19, 2015

After all the pain and horribleness that was some of Nicolas Cage films I still like the guy because his true comedy gold but in this it's not so much of gold...more like ****

If you expect to see a full movie with Nicolas Cage being crazy and hilarious then you would be very disappointedAfter all the pain and horribleness that was some of Nicolas Cage films I still like the guy because his true comedy gold but in this it's not so much of gold...more like ****

If you expect to see a full movie with Nicolas Cage being crazy and hilarious then you would be very disappointed when you find out that his not in the movie that much. I wish I had more Nicolas cage in this movie because every time he shows up it's funny as hell, but the real focus is on Hayden Christensen which is the worst part of this movie. My god was he terrible in this movie and his like the male version of Kristen Stewart, lifeless and dull performance he did in this movie.

The writing was awful, the set's looked cheap, the music sucks, the directing was piss poor and seeing Hayden Christensen on screen give me flashbacks of the disappoint that was the Star Wars prequel.… Expand

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