La tierra Media y El Tesoro del Dragón Solitario
Director:
Howard McCainCámara:
Pierre GillMúsica:
Geoff ZanelliReparto:
James Caviezel, Sophia Myles, Ron Perlman, John Hurt, Jack Huston, Aidan Devine, Amy Kerr, James Binkley, Ted Ludzik, Patrick Stevenson, Matt Cooke (más)Streaming (1)
Sinopsis(1)
Año 509. Es la era vikinga y una nave espacial acaba de estrellarse contra un majestuoso fiordo. De la nave siniestrada, desembarcan Kainan, un guerrero humanoide y también el Moorwen una criatura salvaje dispuesta a vengar la muerte de su raza a manos del ejército del guerrero. Aislado en este nuevo planeta, en el que la gente vive a miles de años de la desarrollada civilización que ha dejado atrás, Kainan decide buscar y derrotar a su mortal enemigo. Pero antes de poder llevar a cabo su misión cae preso de los vikingos. Tras salvar de una muerte segura a Rothgar, jefe de los vikingos, Kainan será poco a poco aceptado en el clan y comenzará una estrecha relación con Freya, la hija de Rothgar a la que contará su pasado y la dura pérdida de su familia a manos del Moorwen. La vengativa bestia asedia el bastión vikingo y finalmente se presenta en la aldea. Es atrapado por los vikingos, pero consigue escapar hacia el bosque tras herir mortalmente a Rothgar y raptar a Freya. Kainan y los vikingos se enfrentarán a una última desesperada misión: matar al monstruo o ser destruidos. (DeAPlaneta)
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Una simpática película épica de clase B, a la que no me importa perdonarle los efectos digitales baratos o clichés y patetismo, porque siento su entusiasmo y el amor por todos los géneros «degradados» que pueden entretenerlos tan bien, y también la capacidad de hacer con ellos malabarismos con habilidad. Y a Caviezel le quedó de maravilla el superhéroe del espacio exterior.
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The fact that it's slightly better than Pathfinder isn't that big of a deal, but in any case, Outlander could have been better if it had clarified what it wanted to be. It smacks of B-movie (the first word in the quickly learned old Norwegian is "fuck"), but there’s far too much deadly seriousness. It's not a "guilty pleasure," it's not even shit worthy of a cesspool. It's a perfect example of how Hollywood can fuck up fifty million dollars (when it earns about 6 million :)).
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A solid B-movie sci-fi from the days of my beloved Vikings. An excellent theme combining legends about dragons and a classic case of a space ship crashing on a blue planet is spoiled in places by a naive and predictable story. Even though Caviezel is right for the role of hunter, he doesn’t manage to carry the entire movie on his shoulders and without the help of Ron Perlman and John Hurt, I just don’t know how it would have turned out. But I have to praise director Howard McCain who clearly filmed something close to his heart and gave everything he had into it. Outlander has no chance against the A-movie competition, but it’s one of the best in its category. P.S. Was it just me, or did the Moorwens have Godzilla-like faces? :-)
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Outlander is not a bad film. Certainly not by B-movie standards. So what do we have here? A cliché-variation on The 13th Warrior, but very pleasantly enriched with sci-fi elements. The special effects (we are still in B-movie waters) are not bad at all, except for one "dragging a guy through the wall" moment, the music is even very good, the actors too (that's because they are A-listers), the characters are mostly likable (but one of them really didn't have to be named Boromir), and the alien luminous beasts are good, it's fun to watch. The runtime doesn't matter, because whenever the film seems to run out of breath, there's a cool scene like a shield run or a flashback from outer space. Because of the sci-fi plot, I'd rather compare the film to 2010's Predators rather than the original Vikings. And although Vikings seemingly looks better, the film is a lot more boring, uninteresting and stupider. Biggest minus: A criminally underused Ron Perlman.
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