This film was good, it took a normal plot of the cop who must face down a couple of bad guys and puts a new twist on it by setting the film not in the streets of Chicago or any other U.S. City, or some old west town like Dodge, but instead makes it a miner station on a moon of Jupiter. Sure these may seem rather pointless, but I find it help enhances this film because otherwise it might have been rather bland. Also helping this film's cause is Sean Connery as the lead guy playing the Marshall who must face down two hit-man in a do or die struggle as the rest of the frightened citizens of this mining colony do nothing to aid him. Just a case where once again a great actor helps a movie that may have seemed rather cheesy rise to another more significant level. Sure there are no lasers fired or any other futuristic weapons, however one does get the solitude of space and the fun of weightlessness. The action in this one is mainly confined to the end of the film, but once again it is so fun to see Sean Connery act that you will not get to bored in some of the more talky scenes. So I may have enjoyed this one more if there had been a few more futuristic touches, for what it was it was still a rather entertaining movie.
Outland
(1981)
Basically a movie about a cop who must face down the bad guys...only its in space.
27 January 2010