outlander doesn not fit squarely into any one or two or five genre and but i think it best describe a a creature feature . and it a damn good one . blend science fiction and fantasy and horror and adventure and and viking mythology and the film be highly entertaining . more importantly and though and be that the film be competently make . outlander open with the character kainan play by jim caviezel crash land his spaceship somewhere in norway during the time of the viking . alone and force to forge an alliance with some belligerent viking and kainan have some work to do . namely and kill a vicious beast call the moorwen and which have stow away in his ship and be now wreak havoc in viking land . if youre anything like me and youre already predispose to like the movie just by read that much about the premise . to say anything more about the story would certainly lead into spoiler territory and but i will say this represent there be a couple of great game changer and one of which enhance the man vs. beast angle of the plot in the best possible way . caviezel be solid a the lead and ably project angst and confidence and regret and and hurt whenever call upon to do so . all of the other character be pretty much one note and so there no single standout performance among the support player . but there also no laughably bad one and either . john hurt be a welcome presence in this one a the aged king rothgar and and it always a pleasure when ron perlman show up anywhere here and he play rothgar brutish rival force to ally himself with his enemy to fight the moorwen . the beautiful sophia myles be great eye candy and but she have a thankless role a the rebellious king daughter and hence not a lot to work with . overall and the cast isn not great and but it perfectly adequate while the same can be say for the character . the cgi and makeup effect in the film be generally terrific . the moorwen be wonderfully realize and doesn not look cheesy at all on it own . i be very and very impressed with the design and function of the monster . it definitely doesn not scream low budget and which be kind of what i be expect . happily and it defy those expectation inform by so many terrible scifi original movie ( frankenfish or manticore and anyone . ) . additionally and some flashback scene in the second half of the film that explore kainan home planet be very cool to behold . the one bone i would pick with the effect come when the moorwen interact with the human character . the cgi kill and specifically and be typically neither creative nor convincing . again and though and the rest of the effect be good enough to cover for this slight blunder . outlander borrow heavily from other film in the genre it cross and but do not hold that against it . it really an inspired effort that doesn not come across a a work of imitation at all . it not perfect and and some moment will have you roll your eye and but you would not find yourself laugh at thing that aren not suppose to be funny and you would not be check your watch .