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Outland

On Jupiter's moon he's the only law.

1981 · 1h 50m · R Action, Crime, Science Fiction, Thriller
Directed by Peter Hyams

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Overview

On the sunless moon Io, Marshall William T. O’Niel goes toe-to-toe with the corrupt manager of a mining colony and his gang of roughnecks while investigating a rash of worker suicides.

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All reviews
56%
Tomatometer
Fresh

While there are several mile-wide plot holes and one key under-developed main character, the film emerges as a tight, intriguing old-fashioned drama that gives audiences a hero worth rooting for.

Variety Staff, Variety
Rotten

The failure of director-writer Peter Hyams to put any weight whatever behind the moral issues (crude as they are) makes this merely violent nonsense.

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Fresh

A movie of unexpected pleasures.

Vincent Canby, New York Times
Rotten

Because both dialogue and direction are none too exciting, one's tired eyes wander endlessly over the space base sets.

Time Out

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