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I thought this Outlander review was for the Balfe/Heughan series, not this Viking movie.

Not extraordinary yet it is one of my favourites, seen it 5 or 6 times. Imho what it has is.. love. It tells a story about a (science)fictional reality that inspired legends ^^ Well, a legend, Beowulf. There are a lot of visual references to mythology, each one inspires a small 'haha wow' effect, which added up leave a pleasant impression overall, even if the story is a series of tropes.Good entertainment

An underrated gem that blends Sci-fi and Fantasy in a medieval Norse setting with vikings, aliens, dragons and futuristic tech. With a decent storyline and great musical score, this movie is definitely worth a watch!

I love they way they did that "stranger out of place" type plot! Futuristic man crash lands on a world much like (if not IS) medieval Earth. Well-done, too! Unpredictable in that many times I expected the hostility toward him to continue due to envy, jealousy, and fear of differences but refreshingly, it didn't. I love that it surprised me with that AND especially that it shows (and promotes acceptance)! Great action, though sometimes too fast to follow. Chemistry was good, too. All in all, a fun shallow-ish action film. Finally, the line that went something like, "We could have been friends," with the reply, "We are friends," worked so well!

It did look good. The monster looked amazing. Although it did remind me a lot of the monster out of The Relic (1997). The sound was fine. I can't really remember it that much so it must have been a little bland. There were pacing issues. It was a bit boring with the Viking thing and much pointless talking and Viking fighting. The action was exciting enough. There were some cool scenes but ultimately very forgettable except for the pretty cool monster. Go watch The Relic (1997) instead; it's basically the same thing but much better.

Yet another example of how " professional critics" are so far out of touch with what is enjoyable and thoroughly entertaining to actual audiences. I am not going to pontificate much about it but I do find it hilarious when they say that is derivative of Aliens and or Predator when critics gush and **** themselves over absolute woke crap that has zero originality but checks all of their intersectional boxes. I think there was a lot more originality than there wasn't. Jim Caviezel is freakishly handsome which doesn't hurt and possesses an intelligent intensity that only adds to that sex appeal. Sophia Miles plays so well the strong, beautiful and fiercely intelligent woman that could make a gay man consider switching orientation for. That is a perfect example of what a strong woman actually looks like unlike the ridiculous gurl power spice **** of today who run around exposing their growlers and call it feminism. I love Predator and the Alien series and I thoroughly enjoyed this flick. The only drawback was it was done by the Weinstein corp.. yuck! I need to take a shower.

Solid movie with some good messaging. We always have a choice. This is a hidden gem.

The plot is **** insane. It looks like something out of a bad fan fiction story, and it doesn't help that any of the people involved seem to believe it enough to make audiences do the same.

When i watched this movie the plot and at the start of the movie i got interested as the story went on, but after seeing the hole movie i felt that the sent all budget, effort and time on the first half of movie and the second half not so good, the second half felt like a washed out cheep version of the hole movie and that left me with a bad after taste. Like one glass of coke and the second glass of 1/4 coke and the rest with water and some food color and some bad sugar. What i think they did wrong is they should have a more quality stable than stretch it out with clips no one cares or likes. I would like 1 hour movie with interesting content and story beginning to end, than 2 hour movie that is very washed out that is very bad and boring. I give it a weak genuine point of 6/10

[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]

An anomalous adventure, two parts Beowulf and one part Dragonslayer - maybe a bit of Predator, too. Outlander is an average action flick hiding some interesting, sometimes beautiful vignettes. Sadly, our only glimpses of these are shown through a dream-haze or verbal exposition. The Viking part is not done terribly well, and Jack Huston sounds way too much of a luvvie to be taken seriously as a Norse warrior. The "shields" sequence is ridiculous, as are countless scenes that seem to have little purpose other than to try and look "cool". Kudos to the writers/director however, for creating a sympathetic figure out of a beastie.

Much better than expected. Hard core Sci-Fi mixed with a some fantasy. Very good special effects. Solid acting. Rewarding plot. Sorry that I missed this in 2009

Great sci-fi flick! The acting was great and the characters were memorable. Special effects were **** well. Don't listen to the critics and check this film out!

The premise is beyond great, AND the movie itself is a simple yet very nice and enjoyable excercise of storytelling. I don't get what the critics mean by "nonsense" or any other weird complaint. It's good, it wants to tell a story, it has decent special effects, some occasional b-movie gore, the usual tropes of a story, all done in... I don't know, good taste? Really, it's not like it's the best movie ever and it's not even like I'm angry or disagreeing with the critics, it's that I literally do not understand what's wrong with the movie. I guess it's about expectations. Expect a simple yet cool thing with an original spin and you're in for a treat. As for any plot elements that might not make sense, suspend your disbelief, it's no big deal and there's hardly anything plot-breaking.

I can't believe I'm the first negative user reviewer. Like most, I listed to the critics and rented this movie from Amazon. The plot didn't seem all that great, nor did the **** I went with the positive reviews. I love sci fi, and consider myself a huge fan of series like BSG, Firefly, & Star Trek. I even have the entire series of Farscape on DVD. I can put up with a lot when it comes to imaginative sci fi stories, but this story was absurd. So basically you have this space man from some far away, advanced human civilization that crashes on Earth in Norway during the time of the Vikings. And somehow stowed away on that ship was a gigantic dragon-like thing. Then the space man and vikings fight the dragon-like thing after the space man conveniently loses his space man fireblaster in a waterfall. I just wonder who blackmailed John Hurt into acting in this heap of feces.

Ignore ALL the critics who hate this film. The people who came up with this film had a perfect use of their thinking, intelligence and brainstorming to make this film. What is the monster, where it came from, and other details. This sci-fi creature feature that takes place in the Viking's time had made me like this film. A lot.

Ah Robert Ebert, if ever there was a man who has not got a clue it is this man. Robert you have no talent and I wonder how many years it has been since you actually went to see a film. Anyway Outlander, is a sci fi version of Beowulf. The creature effects are courtesy of the great Pat Tatopoulus and the Morwin is brilliant, innovative and superbly done. John Hurt, Jim Cazievel, Sophie Myles and Ron Perlman are all in gine form. This independent film deserves success and is a wonderful example of creativity. More please.