Guest Author - Terry L Kosse
Outlander, the unpublicized movie starring Jim Caviezel is totally awesome. Not even knowing that this movie was available to me until I had gone into the video store and saw it sitting on the shelf, was somewhat shocking. I thought I had been keeping tabs on this hot actor but apparently not. Mr. Caviezel, being one of my favorite actors since I had seen him in Frequency with Dennis Quaid, has kept me wanting more of his movies. Outlander did not disappoint.
Taking place in Norway in the year 709, Kainan, played by Jim Caviezel, crash-lands to earth from another planet. After being captured by these strange people, who call themselves Vikings, he finds that all he cares about is seeking his revenge on the monster, called a Moorwen. He soon learns to work with and not against these brave people, and leads them to join him in his fight. Having gained their confidence in the fight against the Moorwen, he also finds friendship, compassion, and love in what I would call a new beginning.
If you like Fantasy/Sci-Fi, I encourage you to see it you won’t be disappointed. Having bought this movie outright I was able to watch it several times and these are the mistakes I found.
After interrogating Kainan, Wulfric, played by Jack Houston, walks up to a water trough and washes his face. If you look in the background, you can see a man walking to a campfire. When the camera angle changes you can see the same man walking back up to the same campfire, as if he hadn’t already done so.
After the Moorwen captures Freya, played by Sophia Myles, she is taken to its lair. As she comes awake, she finds herself face to face with the creature. The Moorwen gets close enough to Freya’s face to drip thick saliva across her cheek. When the scene jumps back to her face the saliva is gone. When it shows her a third time, it’s back.
After swimming through the well to reach the Moorwen’s cave, Kainan, Wolfric, and a few others come up out of the water into a very dark area. Kainan lights a torch with flint while the torch and himself are still soaking wet. A wet torch cannot be lit, especially with flint.
I could only find a couple of mistakes in this movie but it does not take away from the film. If you like Scifi or Fantasy or even, like me, are a huge Jim Caviezel fan, I encourage you to give it a try.
