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Outland (1981)

Outland (Limited Edition)

( Arrow Film UHD Blu-ray )

Given all the gadgetry of James Bond, maybe it’s no surprise that Sean Connery would wind up in science fiction? In Outland (1981), Connery plays O’Neil, a U.S. Marshal posted to a remote outpost on Io, a moon of Jupiter where a corporate behemoth has established a mining colony. Two miners die, apparent suicides. People sometimes “go wacko out here,” O’Neil is told. The newly arrived marshal has reason to believe them. After all, his wife departed after only a few weeks on Io, leaving a video message about her sense of confinement on a planet uninhabitable beyond the walls of the mining complex. And yet, something isn’t adding up.

Director Peter Hyams sets up the scenario with brisk efficiency, la

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