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Title: Outland (1981)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Sean Connery | ... | Marshal William T. O'Niel | |
| Peter Boyle | ... | Mark B. Sheppard | |
| Frances Sternhagen | ... | Dr. Lazarus | |
| James Sikking | ... | Sergeant Montone (as James B. Sikking) | |
| Kika Markham | ... | Carol G. O'Niel | |
| Clarke Peters | ... | Officer Ballard | |
| Steven Berkoff | ... | Sagan | |
| John Ratzenberger | ... | Tarlow | |
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Nicholas Barnes | ... | Paul O'Niel |
| Manning Redwood | ... | Officer Lowell | |
| Pat Starr | ... | Mrs. Flo Spector | |
| Hal Galili | ... | Officer Nelson | |
| Angus MacInnes | ... | Hughes | |
| Stuart Milligan | ... | Walters | |
| Eugene Lipinski | ... | Cane | |
Marshal O'Niel's assigned to a mining colony on Io, one of Jupiter's moons. He soon encounters miners who are dying, due to use of an illegal amphetamine. O'Niel follows the trail, and now O'Niel must watch his back, as he's now their target. Written by Derek O'Cain
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In the near-future, in a space mine set on the Jupiter satellite Io, the new Marshall O'Niel (Sean Connery) discovered a mortal drug trafic. This amphetamine-like drug drives the addicted miners mad and makes them committed suicide. O'Niel encovers the conspiracy, involving the director of the mine, but becomes the target of hitmen, with almost no body helping him. The film is a Science Fiction remake of "High Noon"("le train sifflera trois fois" in French). The train is here replaced by a shuttle from a space station and the Far West by the set on a deep space mining outpost (Not Deep Space Nine).
This a well paced film with a solid acting from Sean Connery. The pursuits, especialy the first in the corridors of the space habitat, are gripping. The film was made in 1981, when the CGI effects were not as prevalent as today. For exemple scenes where humans are dwarfed by huge metalic structures, were executed thanks to a then traditional play of mirrors. I have seen this film at the cinema when it played for the first time in 1981. I have recently watched it again on cable TV and I think it has not aged much. Because it is set on a makeshift sleazy outpost and not a shiny white place as too often in science fiction film, it remains realistic enough, twenty two years later. The themes,a bit overlooked, dangerous mind drugs, greedy multinational (or multi-planet, here) companies, the will and courage of one man against the cowardice of all the others, resonate still in our mind, nowadays. But make no mistake, it not a heavy political film but a good suspense and action film with a science fiction flavour.
Despite some scientific oddities like heads exploding and weightlessness in a zero pressure atmosphere, where as inside the habitat the gravity is normal (by Earth standards), the script remains coherent enough. The strong performance of Sean Connery is helped by those of a serious Peter Boyle and a pre-ER Frances Sternhagen. Rent this film on your local video store or watch it on TV, it is worth seeing it.