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Outland
from Warner Home Video
starring Bill Bailey, Nicholas Barnes, Steven Berkoff, Sean Connery, Norman Chancer

Features:

• Closed-captioned
• Color
• DVD-Video
• Widescreen

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 2.5 / 5.0

• Excellent movie, poor transfer
  As nearly everyone who has written a review of this video has observed, its transfer to DVD is not up to standard. But the film itself is a class act and an overlooked gem. The atmosphere and suspense are riveting, and the acting and production design are excellent throughout. Often derided as "High Noon in Space," the film is actually much more: a detective thriller, a sci-fi action movie, an existential drama, and a story of love and loyalty. While that sounds like a lot to cram into less than two hours,... more info

• DON'T BUY THIS - WAIT FOR WARNER BROS. TO REMASTER IT !!
  I've seen some f**k-ups in my time, as a dvd enthusiast, but when I saw this on the shelf at Fry's in new packaging -- I assumed Warner Bros. had at least struck a new telecine or comparable transfer in anamorphic.
  No dice. This has always been and remains the worst dvd released by a major studio. I can only imagine how p***ed off director Peter Hyams, and actor Sean Connery are about this. Connery has often remarked that he "adores" this movie. Maybe this dvd transfer is why he retired in lieu of... more info

• Agreed - a horrible transfer...
  I bought this thinking a new transfer would make this chestnut watchable all over again.
  Wrong. It's easily the worst looking DVD I have ever seen. Avoid like the plague.

• Outland - Mini Review
  In the distant future, a police marshal stationed at a remote mining colony on the Jupiter moon of I/O uncovers a drug-smuggling conspiracy, and gets no help from the populace when he later finds himself marked for murder.

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