i know i wasted 90 mins of my life.

Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

Blistering performances.

"Beowulf meets Predator" boasts the enthusiastic critic blurb on the poster of one of my favourite sci fi genre benders, Outlander. It's pure outlandish fun, and better yet it knows it is and therefore doesn't feel any need to spend a bunch of time on grasping exposition to convince you of any shred of authenticity. It simply hums along on a pure rush of unchecked adventure, always aiming to please and for the very most part, doing so wonderfully. Jim Caviesel stars, and he's an unassuming Ken doll of an actor who has more intensity than anyone gives him credit for, which always makes me spring to attention when he's in the driver's seat. Here he plays Kainen, a voyager from a far away galaxy who has crash landed his spacecraft on earth way back in the time of the Vikings, stranded and in need of refuge. Only problem is, he's been on the run for some time from a large, hideous and very dangerous creature from his home planet called Moorwen. Moorwen has a very personal and deadly vendetta against Kainen, one which threatens the Viking tribe who give him shelter, led by noble king Hrothgar (John Hurt). Kainen comes from a planet with technology and civilization far advanced from Earth at that time, which makes him a hit with the tribesmen and even more so with Hrothgar's daughter (Sophia Myles). Moorwen threatens their way of life in its rampage against Kainen, causing tragic collateral damage to a rival clan led by Gunnar (Ron Perlman makes heartbreaking and stone tough work of what is essentially an extended cameo). It's an awesome movie no matter what anyone says. Any film about an astronaut from a far off galaxy who bands together with friggin vikings to battle a fluorescent space dragon is just automatically a winner. In all seriousness though, this one really is something special,and almost seems like a Dennis Quaid vehicle if it were made in the 80's. Fun, thrilling and never too serious, it knows it's place and owns the genre shelf it sits on.

I am not sure how so many reviewers claim this is a good movie, could be the usual promoters trying to sell it. Basically everything about this movie is stupid. The plot is silly, the characters are not likable, and the action is OK. The special effects are blah at best, and the acting isn't engaging. A spaceship crashes in a lake and the only thing he salvaged is scrap metal? Our main character is so sad of losing his wife and child that he engages with the main female character immediately? Got over his wife real fast. No reason is ever explained as to why our main character never tells the others enough to really help them defeat this creature either. And the party scene, wow. Might be helpful to warn everybody of the impending threat when you know its coming right? Ya you don't need details, because you don't need to see this movie. So many better options than this.

Creative story line for a science fiction movie by combining the future and the past. There is a believable element in the opening scenes after the crash landing. The Outlander is obviously distressed and disoriented in a land that is far back in time. Loss of his weapon engages him at a physical level only with his captors, man to man. The Viking side of the story line has plenty of characters, fighting, and village details. But the village sets are only barely constructed. This is surprising given that most of the movie takes place with the Vikings. The flash backs to the future world have much more elaborate sets (well designed and complete). But overall this is an interesting and engaging movie. The characters are interesting, the story line progresses fairly quickly with quirks and turns, and the effects with the dragon are decent.

Loved this movie in a general way. But somehow the editing seemed flawed. So much was left unsaid or untold. I keep feeling like there is a better (possibly a directors cut) that leaves in more of the details and parts that would have fleshed out the whole story in a more exciting way. Somehow the Advanced culture tech seemed to have been cut short and left me guessing and wondering about what was going on before he arrived on Earth. The historical aspects of life in a viking village were as authentic as one might hope for. Seems that was the best imagining of viking village life since "13th Warrior". Some of the older movies, Like "The Vikings" with I think Kirk Douglas did the typical Hollywood thing and made up the actual anthropological descriptions to suit the times the film was filmed in. But Outlander managed so very well in the description of life in the times department. I really love the movie! Hated the missing parts feeling.