Outland

The Ladd Company | Release Date: May 22, 1981

6.5	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 13 Ratings

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drlowdonAug 2, 2021

When Federal Marshal William O'Niel is assigned to a titanium ore mining outpost on Jupiter’s moon Io, he is soon witness to a series of miners suffering from psychotic attacks that cause them to commit suicide. Setting out to discover why,When Federal Marshal William O'Niel is assigned to a titanium ore mining outpost on Jupiter’s moon Io, he is soon witness to a series of miners suffering from psychotic attacks that cause them to commit suicide. Setting out to discover why, he soon finds himself caught up a corporate conspiracy. In terms of effects Outland holds up fairly well for a forty year old movie, and Sean Connery is able to ring as much depth out of a fairly mediocre script as he possibly can, but ultimately this is a fairly forgettable slice of 80’s sci-fi.… Expand

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Thorntonp1Jan 21, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Good older sci-fi movie with a legend Sean Connery well worth a watch. A down on his luck space cop on a mining station fine a couple of crew members going crazy and the Marshall played by Sean Connery finds out it's from drugs being brought in so the miners can work longer hours ( aka Crystal meth) so he stands up to the people bringing the drugs in and they try to kill him and him whoops their asses with the help of the miner space station doctor. Like I said a good Syfy action police jn space it’s good… Expand

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peterf28Nov 4, 2020

Lol this is a exact copy of Alien movie but with other story - instead of monsters there are drugs ...

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BroyaxMay 22, 2023

On sent l’influence d’Alien dans les décors réalistes et l’absence de gadgets trop éloignés de notre réalité (on n’est pas dans Star Trek ou Star Wars…!) et à cet égard ‘Outland’ restitue une atmosphère assez froide qui n’est vraiment pasOn sent l’influence d’Alien dans les décors réalistes et l’absence de gadgets trop éloignés de notre réalité (on n’est pas dans Star Trek ou Star Wars…!) et à cet égard ‘Outland’ restitue une atmosphère assez froide qui n’est vraiment pas pour déplaire. Tout est mal éclairé, ça ne ressemble plus à une station mais à un Alcatraz spatial…

Sean Connery se débrouille mais sans plus dans ce remake du train -ou de la station- qui sifflera trois fois… Le problème est que le film reste assez lent, un peu trop lent quand même. Heureusement, la fin a quelques bonnes idées…

Mais l’ensemble reste clairement trop mollasson (et prévisible !). La réalisation bien que très classique reste efficace… mais trop classique ; la musique de Goldsmith fait le boulot et l’ambiance sinistre est un atout. A noter que pour l’époque bien sûr, les décors et les effets spéciaux sont impressionnants.… Expand

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HellHoleHorrorFeb 16, 2022

Apparently in the future all boardroom extras have taken up smoking and they are too cheap to turn the lights on. Oh and that we are going to mine titanium ore from one of Jupiter's moons, Io. They are crap at painting too. In the end thisApparently in the future all boardroom extras have taken up smoking and they are too cheap to turn the lights on. Oh and that we are going to mine titanium ore from one of Jupiter's moons, Io. They are crap at painting too. In the end this film was just like Alien (1979) but without the alien in it. The sci-fi had parallels with earth that did not test the mind. Pretty straight-forward and watchable space action-adventure.… Expand

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