Hollywood Product: Outlander
Thursday, January 22nd, 2009
MIST-TAKEN IDENTITY: James Caviezel as Kainan
GENRE: Vikings vs. aliens!
THE PITCH: Like I said, Vikings vs. aliens. Kainan (Jim Caviezel of The Passion of the Christ), a human from another planet, crashes his spaceship in Norway circa the Iron Age, and must enlist the suspicious mead swillers against a glowing, whip-tailed beastie called a Morwen.
MONEY SHOTS: The opening shot of Kainan’s spacecraft hurtling down to Earth. Kainan and alpha male Wulfric (Jack Huston) race atop upraised shields in the Viking equivalent of a “Survivor” challenge. Great monster battles, along with details like blood dripping on the tip of a spear, or the Morwen snuffing out a torch under its claw. An interplanetary flashback reveals personal stakes for the Kainan/Morwen rivalry.
BEST LINE: “I’m hunting a dragon,” Kainan tells his hostile captors when they ask why he’s in their territory. (The explanation doesn’t go over well.)
BEST WORD: Kainan uses his computer to download the Norse language into his brain, causing him to scream, vomit and utter the film’s first comprehensible word, “Fuck.” (more…)
