OUTLANDER

Year: 2008
USA: The Weinstein Company
UK: Momentum Pictures
Cast: James Caviezel, Sophia Myles, Jack Huston, Ron Perlman, John Hurt, John Beale, Katie Bergin, Matt Cooke, Aidan Devine, Allyson Haas, Ricardo Hoyos, Ted Ludzik, Bailey Maughan, Liam McNamara, John Nelles, Patrick Stevenson, Scott Owen, Owen Pattison, Petra Prazak, James Rogers, Todd Schroeder, Simon Northwood, Michael Fox, Craig Harris, Steven Wendland, Todd Sandomirsky, Cliff Saunders, Mark A Owen, Colette Stevenson
Director: Howard McCain
Country: USA
USA & UK: 115 mins
USA Rated: R for violence
UK Certificate: 15 contains strong gory horror violence
USA Release Date: 23 January 2009 (Limited Release)
UK Release Date: 24 April 2009
UK DVD Release Date: 31 August 2009

Synopsis

709AD: Vikings and alien worlds collide in OUTLANDER.

A spacecraft crash lands in a Norwegian fjord and Kainan (Jim Caviezel), a soldier from a far away planet, emerges unscathed from the wreckage. However, on board is a deadly alien stowaway, the Moorwen, who escapes. Before he has a chance recepture the Moorwen, Kainan is captured and imprisoned by a viking warrior, Wulfric (Jack Huston). and held prisoner in the local village led by

King Rothgar (John Hurt) is the leader of the village, Kainan is incarcerated in but he is reluctantly accepted into the clan after saving Rothgar's life. Its here that Kainan meets Rothgar's fiercely beautiful daughter, Freya (Sophia Myles) and confides in her revealing his past and that he is an alien from another planet.

Meanwhile the Moorwen's reign of terror has left death and destruction on neighbouring villages, heightening conflict between the clans. Kainan is ordered to use his knowledge to kill the creature and joins forces with Wulfric and the bloodthirsty Gunnar (Ron Perlman to seek out and slay the Moorwen.

DVD EXTRAS

Special Features: Making of Outlander featurette
Audio Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Visual Effects Tests
Animatics
Artwork Galleries
Trailer