Outlander 4 stars out of 5 stars

Released 2008 at 115 minutes,this film mimics a few other films while still adding a touch of its own. I took off 1 whole star because of really excessive violence.Yes within  the confines of this story its warranted but gezz remember Hitchcock and Psycho??It was released before Avatar yet clearly the idea of Earthling like peoples subjecting natives of another world is central to this film although its set in old viking days on earth.The macho man against Predator is also prevalent as is a lesser known film called the 13th warrior ideas of norseman battling a superior mythical like force on courage alone.What this film adds to tie these ideas together is a love interest and acceptance on a par with the ending of Avatar.In a sense,this may just be Avatar except our hero is the only cause of the Vikings problems and so Earth history is not changed because our hero changes instead. This one time I will use IMDB's quick synopsis because the film is a bang boom film and this synopsis is it in a nut shell.

During the reign of the Vikings, Kainan, a man from a far-off world, crash lands on Earth, bringing with him an alien predator known as the Moorwen. Though both man and monster are seeking revenge for violence committed against them, Kainan leads the alliance to kill the Moorwen by fusing his advanced technology with the Viking's Iron Age weaponry.

Why watch the movie you ask??Well because I like old "sword and sorcery"type films and although the actors are not "A" list they are good none the less.I really love Sophia Myles as Freya the love interest and John Hurt keeps rolling along as Hrothgar.The rest are fine as well and the setting feels real,I just wish they cut back on the gore.Be warned !!!URL for trailer is below pix.

http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi3628270361/