Review of Outlander (2008) by Craig W — 02 Sep 2009
I really enjoyed this film. It never got the chance it deserved at the cinema, only getting a very limited release.
Beforehand, I'd built it up in my mind as more Predator than Vikings but in reality it is more Vikings than Predator.
The thing is, it works better that way. To sum it up Jim Caviezel crashes his spaceship on Earth, specifically in Norway when the Vikings were around. On board his ship was a creature whom the Vikings refer to as a dragon and basically the Beowulf tale is born.
The 'dragon' is great. Not shown for a good chunk of the film (which really works and probably saved on the f/x budget!) and is imaginatively created to be different enough from other films.
It's a standard men vs beastie film but I really liked it. Nice touches too - like the spaceship is designed to look like Thor's hammer.
The flashbacks to Jim's people conquering planets throws a real spanner in the works about who is good and who is bad - another nice twist.
Check it out and see if we can make it a DVD success.
This review of Outlander (2008) was written by Craig W on 02 Sep 2009.
Outlander has generally received mixed reviews.
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