Clarke Peters, Frances Sternhagen, James B. Sikking

In the distant future, a police marshal stationed at a remote mining colony on the Jupiter moon of Io uncovers a drug-smuggling conspiracy, and gets no help from the populace when he later finds himse...( read more  read more... )lf marked for murder.

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R, 1 hr. 52 min.

Directed by: Peter Hyams

Release Date: January 1, 1981

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DVD Release Date: July 3, 2001

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  • May 12, 2008
    Not bad, not bad. Apparently this a huge ripoff of High Noon but I don't really give a shit. It's a nice, junky science fiction movie, full of exploding heads and Sean Connery shooting things with like five hundred different shotguns. (I typed "shotfuns" on accident and considere...( read more)d just leaving it.) The ending seems to have nothing to do with the beginning, since it starts as a mystery and ends as a violent space station chase scene, but I guess as a change in gears it's fine.

    Fluffy, non-committal entertainment in every sense of the phrase.
  • January 19, 2008
    It was to me a interesting storyline told on one of the rings of Saturn.
  • January 17, 2008
    Solid Sci-fi. Connery in fine form with Frances Sternhagen also good in a supporting role.
  • November 25, 2007
    I loved this. I might add or subtract another star when I manage to stay awake long enough to see the end of it though.
  • November 4, 2007
    James Bond and Frankenstein duel it out in space with shotguns and speed. Also includes exploding heads!
  • August 30, 2009
    This movie was a cross between Lameo leathalweapon type of film without the action and a dodgy who done it on a trip to the moon, a fart could have raised more of an EyEbRRow.

    A little credit for Connery, the Cruse/Jackman of yester-years efforts.
  • August 11, 2009
    High Noon in Space!!!
  • July 20, 2009
    Call it HIGH NOON in space with Sean Connery as a kick-ass marshal going head to head with villainous Peter Boyle over drugs in a mining colony that turn the workers into insane madmen so much so that they kill themselves. Peter Hyams does an excellent job setting up the action l...( read more)eading up to the finale. Unfortunately, Hyams blows it on the finale and it is poorly staged. Frances Sternhagen is simply wonderful as doctor who trades tough words with Sean Connery. OUTLAND is a grunge in space thriller with fantastic photography.
  • July 1, 2009
    I read a review that referred to this as "High Noon in Outer Space"....which is an accurate assessment. Recommended.
  • June 17, 2009
    OH MAN. A Sean Connery movie I HAVEN'T seen....

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