Underrated Manly Movies: Part III
4) Outland (1981)
Who likes Alien, Aliens or hell, that whole franchise? Who doesn’t? Outland is a Sean Connery movie from 1981, stuck between the releases of Alien and Aliens. Why do we talk about Aliens with this movie? Because it’s almost set within the same universe – just without the actual creature. The space stations, the technology, the clothing etc. It’s almost like it’s an unofficial spin off for the main series.
Connery plays a man assigned to investigate goings on at a deep-space mining facility. A thriller, it has to be pointed out, not a horror movie. Also with a touch of Blade Runner in its DNA. It’s not great, but it’s underrated.
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