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Outland (1981)

Directed by Peter Hyams

Action | Crime | Science Fiction

Most recently watched by seanCduregger, sleestakk

Overview

On the sunless moon Io, Marshall William T. O’Niel goes toe-to-toe with the corrupt manager of a mining colony and his gang of roughnecks while investigating a rash of worker suicides.

Rated R | Length 109 minutes

Actors

Sean Connery | Peter Boyle | Frances Sternhagen | James Sikking | Kika Markham | Clarke Peters | Steven Berkoff | John Ratzenberger | Nicholas Barnes | Manning Redwood | Marc Boyle | Pat Starr | Hal Galili | Angus MacInnes | Stuart Milligan | Eugene Lipinski | Norman Chancer | Richard Hammar | Isabelle Lucas | James Berwick | Sharon Duce | Ron Travis | Bill Bailey | Angelique Rocas | P.H. Moriarty | Gary Olsen | Chris Williams | Rayner Bourton | Anni Domingo | Julia Depyer | Nina Francoise | Brandon Hughes | Norri Morgan | Jude Alderson | John Cannon

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

I’ve been wanting to re-watch Outland for some time, so it was nice to see it on Amazon Prime for free. Not a great movie, but definitely decent, with amazing miniature work and great sets that give you a great sense of the claustrophobia of being stationed in a mining colony on Jupiter’s moon, Io.

The story is more of a classic western, straightforward and not very inventive. Connery does a decent job in the title role, but most of the other characters are pretty perfunctory. The other exception is Frances Sternhagen as Dr. Lazarus.

Definitely worth a watch if you haven’t seen it before or haven’t seen it in a long time. Directed by Peter Hyams who has had a long and interesting career directing a wide range of movies (including 2010, Narrow Margin and Time Cop to name a few).

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