Saturday
12Jul
Jim Caviezel Drives an 'Outlander'
Saturday, July 12, 2008 at 1:01PM
Jesus has returned.
Jim Caviezel, who was sensational as Christ in
Mel Gibson's bloody Bible story, has a new sci-fi flick called
Outlander, which, surprisingly enough, is not
in any way based on a sport utility vehicle.
Instead, Outlander is about an alien battle on
Earth during the reign of the Vikings, although the movie puts it at 709 AD,
about a hundred years before the first Norse Viking raids. Why not just move it
up and be a teensy bit more accurate, he asks before remembering this is about
an alien war in Norway.
In a way, I dig the concept, much as I admired the basic
outline of The 13th Warrior, which, as it happens, isn't much of a movie.
The stranger in a strange land premise has served many a movie quite well over
the years, and Caviezel's a good enough actor to make it work. He's playing the
alien Kainan (there is an alien monster as well, named Moorwen) and together
with a band of Vikings and their less-than-space-age technologies, he prepares
for battle against his foe.
Hellboy's
Ron Perlman and
John Hurt co-star,
as does
Amy Kerr. I have no idea who she is, but her
character's name is Bored Kitchen Wench, so that's something to watch out for,
I'm sure.
I haven't found a U.S. release date for
Outlander yet, although I'd guess early fall of this year based on the
international release dates.
Reader Comments (1)
Jesus...er, I mean Jim...is reportedly a very busy (and miscast) boy:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/television/2008038072_tvshortie08.html