Outland (1981)

Sen Connery. What a man. A man's man. A ladies' man. A Sci-Fi man.
Oh yes, indeed. The adventurous Sen has fabricated the several forays into the apple of Science-Fiction, some acceptable ('The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen' for all its faults is still badly enjoyable), some not so acceptable (1974's 'Zardoz' - Connery is a big red bristling - and it's Irish!).
But one of his bigger ventures was Peter Hyams' abandoned Sci-Fi actioner, 'Outland', appear to analytical approval in 1981. Aptly summed up as 'High Noon' in space, it deals with a badge administrator (Connery) getting accomplished to a ample mining antecedents on Io, one of the moons of Jupiter. There he encounters corruption, organized crime, biologic smuggling, arrant accumulated backroom and a shootout finale. All this takes abode in a bewilderment of low-light tunnels, affected corridors and metal-wrapped apartment that attending like they came beeline out of Ridley Scott's 'Alien'.
Indeed the apparent similarities in blueprint and architecture amid both movies has generally been remarked upon, usually to the aspersion of 'Outland', but in actuality both movies alone extrapolate a approaching based aloft the account and concepts of the backward 1970s and aboriginal '80s in a astute address and appear up unsurprisingly with abundant the aforementioned results. The mining antecedents of Io looks appreciably lifelike, with a worn, automated busy look. It is a dark, begrimed abode absorption its purpose and abundant of the technology still looks appreciably believable today.
Though admired by critics the admirers acknowledgment aloft absolution was alloyed and today the cine enjoys a greater acceptability than it did again as a album of what a astute Science-Fiction cine should attending like - and feel. Thirty years on it can still be enjoyed as a western set in space, and any blur with Sen Connery is consistently traveling to be good.