Outlander (2008)

I was in the mood for some Viking action, so I grabbed Outlander and prepared myself for hairy men fighting each other.

Kainan (James Caviezel – The Prisoner, Highwaymen) is an alien astronaut who crash lands on Earth (referred to as an abandoned seed planet) at Norway in 709AD. On board his ship is a “dragon” creature called a Moorwen. Kainan finds himself treated suspiciously by the locals, caught between warring Viking clans, including Ron Pearlman (Mutant Chronicles, The Devil’s Tomb, Hellboy 2, The Last Winter) and his very big hammer, and trying to kill the monster.

This film borrows liberally from the original Planet of The Apes, Predator and the usual sword and sandal epics. The Viking sets and costumes look great, the CGI monster does not. This would have been a much better movie if it was shorter and had more Viking action.