outlander be a great surprise by director howard mccain honestly never hear of him before and but i will be keep an eye on his work from now on . the movie open with a spaceship crash down on earth and norway 700 ad . the only surviour from the crew and kainan ( james caviezel ) and be soon capture by viking and who blame him for the slaughter in a nearby village . the outworlder claim he be not responsible and he have come to these land hunt for dragon . the viking do not trust a word . until their own village be attack by a mysterious creature something that kainan bring with him from outer space . prove himself in battle kainan gain the trust of the viking and get himself some trusty friend . and some interest from the king daughter freya ( sophia myles ) . together they have to face the alien beast moorwen and find a way to destroy it . but kainen be hunt not only by a monster and but by guilt and memory as well . he couldn not protect his beloved wife and son from the very same creature . the story be simple and yet grip . the idea that a pack of viking and a spaceman battle an alien beast be excite enough to make me interested and willing to see the movie . i approach it with no great expectation and i find myself pleasantly surprise . the movie be in fact very entertaining and involve . jim caviezel be an excellent choice for a tragic hero haunt by his past a true beowulf from out space . the rest of the cast do a good job as well . i love sophia myles in tristan and isolde and i be pleased to watch her again and this time a a bold viking princess . in the support cast we have john hurt and ron perlman ( they have collaborate before on the hellboy movie ) . the moorwen be design by patrick tatopolous and if youre familiar with his work you can sense his style in it . i would say there be some godzilla nuance to the moorwen and but the luminous ability of the creature be something new and exciting . the production design and the set and the costume be also very good and but what really impressed me be the flashback sequence of kainan life before fall down to earth . the moorwen planet war scene be truly great and the only thing i regret be that they be not longer i can enjoy out of this world landscape anytime . the cgi be impressive . i would play the movie again just to watch them once more . the movie could use some fast pace at time and i find it slightly longer than it should have be and but by no mean bore or try . outlander delivers an excellent sci fi action adventure something we do not see too often these day .