Fresh
While there are several mile-wide plot holes and one key under-developed main character, the film emerges as a tight, intriguing old-fashioned drama that gives audiences a hero worth rooting for.
Variety Staff, Variety
Outland
On Jupiter's moon he's the only law.
1981 · 1h 50m · R
Action, Crime, Science Fiction, Thriller
Directed by
Peter Hyams
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Outland
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.
Director and cast
- Peter Hyams Director
- Sean Connery as Marshal William T. O'Niel
- Peter Boyle as Mark Sheppard
- Frances Sternhagen as Dr. Lazarus
- James B. Sikking as Sgt. Montone
- Kika Markham as Carol O'Niel
- Clarke Peters as Sgt. Ballard
- Steven Berkoff as Sagan
- John Ratzenberger as Tarlow
- Nicholas Barnes as Paul O'Niel
- Manning Redwood as Lowell
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
58%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The failure of director-writer Peter Hyams to put any weight whatever behind the moral issues (crude as they are) makes this merely violent nonsense.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Fresh
A movie of unexpected pleasures.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
Rotten
Because both dialogue and direction are none too exciting, one's tired eyes wander endlessly over the space base sets.
Time Out
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