Underneath its B-movie appearances are notable actors engaged in an exceptionally strange mishmash of genres that somehow elevates itself beyond its limitations.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 5, 2023

Far too much screentime is wasted on boisterous merrymaking and mead-guzzling.

| Original Score: 1/10 | Nov 29, 2020

Outlander is itself a genre-blending mash-up, a far-out fusion of ancient Viking saga and sci-fi adventure: Beowulf meets Alien.

| Nov 22, 2020

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 18, 2011

Beowulf with aliens and lots of gore, violence.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 31, 2010

Outlander is a fluid genre exercise that satisfies cravings for action and Norse mythology in one fell swoop. It's a full-bodied adventure movie that's responsive and reverential to the needs of sci-fi escapism.

| Original Score: B+ | Jun 2, 2010

Vikings vs. aliens -- Outlander is probably the best possible version of whatever movie you've already made in your head from reading those first three words.

| Dec 17, 2009

A mead hall party feels like a Iron Age version of "Cheers," right down to the "Norm!" greeting for one character. It's one of many leaden diversions from what should be a lean, economical, brutal B-movie of aliens, Vikings and alternate timelines.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 20, 2009

...ultimately establishes itself as a fun little endeavor that boasts as irresistible a premise as one could possibly imagine.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 28, 2009

About as subtle as being punched in the face by an angry Norwegian, it delivers everything you could possibly want from a movie about Vikings and alien monsters.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | May 27, 2009

Outlander is a perfectly acceptable mashup of "Alien," "Predator" and just about every Viking flick you've ever seen.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 13, 2009

Most of the time, though, Howard McCain's movie is plain dull.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 28, 2009

The creature is about as convincing as a furry dragon carried through Chinatown.

| Apr 28, 2009

Stunning special effects and bloody battle sequences make it just the ticket for a popcorn monster fantasy. If you want to engage your brain, best avoid.

| Apr 28, 2009

As clunky and ineffective as an iron-age weapon on an alien predator's hide, this retro-SF rationalisation of Beowulf could have done with less sword and more pen.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 25, 2009

With plenty of spattered blood and gore and some nice homages to the Beowulf tale the movie isn't without thrills, though its conceptual ambitions are rarely fulfilled in their execution.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 25, 2009

Outlandish would have been a better title for a film that's great fun and quite exciting before eventually outstaying its welcome.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 25, 2009

A film version of fish and chips - humble, honest fare that's ludicrous, inventive, gory within limits, and has a cast having so much fun it's hard not to be swept along with them. And besides, you can't have nouvelle cuisine every night of the week.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 24, 2009

Sadly, the kooky premise of Outlander solidifies quickly into formula: monster is fought, fair maiden won, kingship gained and past errors redeemed with no real surprises along the way.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 24, 2009

We are now deep, deep, deep into nerd territory, so deep you will get a nosebleed in your diving suit.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 24, 2009