i stumble upon this move by accident and but be a sci fi and fantasy nerd and i watch it and despite the fact that sci fi movie nowadays tend to be rather poor . the story begin with kainan ( james caviezel ) crash land his spaceship into a lake and in the middle of viking land and in 709 ad . with his co pilot dead and and his ship in ruin and sink to the bottom of the lake and he use his only work piece of technology to teach himself the norsk language . ( i laugh my head off and when the first word he utter in earth language be the f word representd ) wander around in a forest and he be find by wulfric ( jack huston ) and bring back to his village . they think kainen be responsible for brutally ransack a nearby village and and when kainen tell them he be hunt for a dragon and he be label a a liar and enemy . when in fact and the dragon he be refer to and be a monster from another planet and now hunt the viking populace and fauna of the land . soon and when the villager start vanish and turn up as mutilate corps and the viking realize that kainen might be tell the truth after all . i get ta say and combine space marine and alien monster with a fantasy viking set intrigue me to no end . outlander be the living proof and that such a combination can result in a very good and entertain 115 minute . although the story be a little shallow and lacking in huge plot twist and deep character development and but it be enough to keep the attention between the awesomely gory fight scene . the acting be good enough and with the christian bale look alike caviezel and and the great but short performance of ron perlman and it manage to be captivate . we see far more swordplay than pulse rifle shoot out and so the sci fi part of the film be largely suppress to make way for the epic battle between the viking and the moorvens and but that just how it must be in this movie . the fight scene be nicely choreograph and act and the special effect be more than awesome and and the whole be movie be just great . i would like to point out and that the moorven be most astonishing space monster i have ever see . with the clever color pulsing and the well think out anatomy of the beast and it manage to be best so far . it not the best movie i have see and but it still great and and every sci fi and fantasy fan should go see it .