OUTLAND Film Review

OUTLAND

Director: Peter Hyams

Screenplay: Peter Hyams

Starring: Sean Connery, Frances Sternhagen, Peter Boyle, James B. Sikking, Steven Berkoff, Clarke Peters, Kika Markham

MPAA Rating: R

Running Time: 1 hour 52 minutes

Release Date: May 22, 1981

***1/2 out of *****

Photo: The Ladd Company

Marshal W. T. O'Neil (SEAN CONNERY), recently appointed to Con Am 27 on Jupiter's moon Io, holds up the law while pursuing a criminal in Peter Hyam's OUTLAND.

Marshal W. T. O'Neil (SEAN CONNERY), who was recently appointed to Con Am 27, a titanium mine located on Io, one of Jupiter's moons, uncovers a drug trafficking ring within the isolated mining colony. When it is determined that the drug is killing colonists he vows to put an end to it and bring to justice those involved. This does not sit well with the site's general manager, Sheppard (PETER BOYLE), who is wili