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Outland [Blu-ray]
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July 20, 2012 "Please retry" | Standard Blu-ray | 1 |
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July 17, 2012 "Please retry" | REMASTERED | 2 |
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Genre | Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction |
Format | NTSC, Blu-ray |
Contributor | Steven Berkoff, Peter Boyle, James Sikking, Frances Sternhagen, Kika Markham, Clarke Peters, Peter Hyams, Richard A. Roth, Sean Connery See more |
Initial release date | 2012-07-10 |
Language | English, French, Spanish |
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Product Description
Outland (BD) "This science-fiction epic delivers all the goods" (The Creature Features Movie Guide) A federal marshal on an outer-space mining colony uncovers deadly secrets, triggering a showdown. Oscar(R) winner Sean Connery lays down the law in Peter Hyams' sci-fi sizzler. Year: 1981 Director: Peter Hyams Starring: Sean Connery, Peter Boyle, Frances Sternhagen
Product details
- Aspect Ratio : 2.40:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : R (Restricted)
- Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 5.92 ounces
- Item model number : Relay time: 112min
- Director : Peter Hyams
- Media Format : NTSC, Blu-ray
- Run time : 1 hour and 52 minutes
- Release date : July 10, 2012
- Actors : Sean Connery, Peter Boyle, Frances Sternhagen, James Sikking, Kika Markham
- Subtitles: : English, French, Spanish
- Producers : Richard A. Roth
- Studio : Studio Distribution Services
- ASIN : B007NR93KG
- Writers : Peter Hyams
- Country of Origin : USA
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,400 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #38 in Fantasy Blu-ray Discs
- #43 in Science Fiction Blu-ray Discs
- #184 in Drama Blu-ray Discs
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It's a classic sci-fi, with great visuals. It's a fun time. Glad to catch a copy. Wish the studio had spent a little more time on the VHS to DVD transfer, I may end up getting the blu-ray yet. :)
I'm pleased with the purchase and pricing.
the plot revolves around Marshall William O'niel " Connery " who has just arrived to a human colony station at the Jupiter moon, and finds himself tangled in a drug smuggling operation trying to bust the bad guys behind it and finding that the majority of the people in the station, including the rest of the police personnel are keeping a closed eye about the whole thing. being isolated and alone against the drug smuggling mob, he finds himself cornered and targeted by them.
the production design was brilliant, a sort of space colony station that is dark and atmospheric that gives a claustrophobic effect. special effects were pretty good for an 80s film, and still stands solid to some extent today.
Connery shines here, it is one of his most memorable performances, he steals the show and his presence adds a lot to this picture. he brings on a solid character who likes to fight for what is right, and at the same time, at a certain points of the movie, you can feel his characters distress and weakness of being all alone and against the odds, being abandoned from all people around him. such a terrific performance.
Now i've seen this film at least twice before back when it was on VHS, and now years later, i was going through a Connery marathon and checking out all his movies that have been re-released on Blu ray, and so i bought me a Bluray copy of Outland, i must say, it is quite a fantastic Bluray transfer, the picture is so clean and smooth with much detail and color, and the sound was equally brilliant, it really deserves the upgrade.
and just like most of Connery films DVDs, the extras are lacking, though i'm not one of those big fans of extras, as all i care about most are the films themselves, however, i've always wanted to see some Connery interviews, but unfortunately he seemed to not make enough of them when marketing his films for some reasons ! and Outland is no different, we only have a trailer and a commentary " that i haven't listened to " here.
Overall, a fantastic Blu ray transfer of a brilliant Connery film with a memorable performance from the man, and an engaging story with some cool action.
Last night, 31 years after its release, I watched the movie for the first time in many, many years, under the vague theory that it might retroactively live up to all that fuss. Sadly, I must report in the negative. It is still just as straightforward, flat and underwhelming as it was back when, and that is truly sad, because on paper, this should be a damn good flick.
OUTLAND is the story of W.T. O'Neil (Sean Connery), a space cop who has just arrived on the mining colony of Io, with his reluctant wife and gelatinous son. O'Neil's wife is not happy about being assigned to a sleazy mining camp on one of Jupiter's moons, and promptly leaves him. Still absorbing this blow, O'Neil immediately butts heads with the camp's sleazy boss, Shepherd (Peter Boyle), who makes it clear that space cops "cop best when they cop least." O'Neil, however, is intrigued by a series of suicides and violent incidents among the miners, and with the help of a crusty company doctor named Lazarus (Frances Sternhagen), his investigation quickly uncovers a conspiracy involving the company operating the mine. It also riles those who want the secret of the miners' deaths to stay secret...and who are willing to kill to keep it that way.
Like its inspiration, HIGH NOON, this flick is essentially the story of a man who, in taking a stand against evil, finds himself completely alone - abandoned not only by his family and his fellow cops, but by the people he is trying to protect. Unlike HIGH NOON, however, the sum of its parts don't add up to a whole. There are things that do work - Connery is often enjoyable to watch, his morally confused partner Monton, played by James Sikking, does a good job, and the mining colony's set design is amazing and looks absolutely real - but as a story, it fails on almost every level. This movie has many, many problems, but what amazes me most about the film to this day is its extreme predictability and shallowness. The central mystery of why the miners are starting to go mad is no mystery at all, and in any case O'Neil solves it almost immediately, whereupon the film transitions into a simple battle of wills between him and Shepherd. There are no real sub-plots, and only one halfhearted attempt at a late-movie plot-twist, which is obvious from miles off and comes as no surprise whatsoever. After wowing the audience in the first half with his huge, lavish and highly realistic sets, we are bludgeoned in the final act with repeated, and hideously fake, shots of the exterior of the mining colony, which destroy all sense of credibility. To make matters worse, while the acting is generally solid, the dialogue is often stilted and sometimes just plain atrocious, and Hyams shoots almost every sequence from a middle distance or a wide angle, giving what should be the most emotional scenes a cold, detached, disinteresting quality. Even worse yet, some tearjerking moments between O'Neil and his son come off as hilarous because the kid who plays Paul O'Neil comes off like a serial killer in training. But what really got me is that while there are dozens or even hundreds of extras in this movie, there are really only four characters, and none of them have that much depth. I've seldom seen a movie that felt so impersonal, or failed so completely to connect me emotionally to my heroes and villains.
Don't mistake me. I really wanted to like OUTLAND, but in the end, I found it has just enough good parts to annoy me that it isn't better. Maybe in another 31 years.
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Reviewed in Canada on January 7, 2024
Sean Connery incarne le marshall O'Neil respectueux de la loi, affecté sur la station minière IO, en bordure de Jupiter, gérée par la compagnie spatiale Com-Amalgamate, et devenue le théâtre d'actes de folie commis par certains ouvriers entraînant leurs morts. Son enquête - dont je vous passe les détails pour ne pas vous gâcher la surprise de la découverte- le confrontera à l'hostilité du directeur de l'exploitation - odieux Alan Shepard- et à la corruption ambiante. Tel Serpico il va vite se retrouver seul face à un ennemi omnipotent bien décidé à conserver ses intérêts, et à éliminer les « gêneurs ». Il ne pourra compter que sur l'aide d'une femme-médecin sarcastique et bien décidée à faire tomber des têtes elle aussi : le docteur Lazarus.
Filmé aussi comme un thriller dans une atmosphère confinée, sous-éclairée et concentrationnaire, « Outland » est aussi excitant qu'étouffant et bien que tourné au début des années 80, se révèle visionnaire dans la représentation du système économique qu'il prétend dénoncer : loin de la terre, coupés de leurs racines, ces hommes et femmes travaillant sur une station minière pour le compte d'un lobby spatial ne sont rien d'autre que des pions au service d'une gigantesque chaîne de production destinée à tourner à plein-régime, même par des moyens illégaux.
Cette immersion dans un univers spatio-industriel suffocant est possible par le travail conjoint du chef-décorateur, du directeur de la photographie et des maquettistes qui ont poussé le sens du détail très loin et cette remasterisation de l'image en blu-ray rend enfin grâce à leur oeuvre, après un dvd sorti en 1999 au rendu catastrophique. Les couleurs sont remarquablement restituées passant du sombre délavé pour les dortoirs des ouvriers,aux néons éclatants des lieux de plaisir et au blanc immaculé dans les coursives de la station minière qu'arpentent le marshall et ses poursuivants. Sans oublier une précision rigoureuse de la remasterisation qui permet enfin à l'oeil de distinguer les détails des nombreuses maquettes utilisées pour représenter l'environnement extérieur de la station minière.
D'un point de vue sonore, ce blu-ray visionné en VO anglais DTS-HD 5.1 est irréprochable : les dialogues sont parfaitement découpés, les voix sont claires et les bruits d'ambiance (machines, ordinateurs en action, décompression des sas et des scaphandres, musique dans le bar top-less) ressortent parfaitement dans les enceintes. Sans oublier la remarquable bande originale composée par Jerry Goldsmith qui prend enfin toute sa dimension sonore.
Par contre, je suis resté sur ma faim en terme de bonus : une simple bande-annonce et un commentaire audio ne sauraient suffire. Je crois qu'il y avait assez de matière pour nourrir le support. Sur ce point-là Warner se montre minimaliste.
« Outland » reste à ce jour une excellente référence à conserver dans sa blu-raythèque, aux côtés de « Blade Runner » et « The Thing » pour en citer d'autres.....
Décidément, 1982 fut une année prolifique en matière de science-fiction.