Softwing Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

TeenzTen An action-packed slog

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

SeeQuant Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction

Michael Ledo Jacob (Hayden Christensen) and Glenn (Nicolas Cage) are 12th century crusaders fighting in an unnamed city. Jacob can go into a beserker mode when he says, "God wills it" or when someone else says, "Kill him." Glenn is regretful about the crusades and opts to go East.The film then opens up in the East with some palace intrigue and a plot evolving like "Star Wars" where a princess and her brother flee from the Black Guards. They find assistance in Jacob, an opium addict, who still has his beserker mode working.The film is formulaic as you know exactly what the final fight will be. Cage haters can add this to their list of bad performances, one I would say was worse than "Left Behind." WOW! What was that accent supposed to be? Hayden Christenson started out with a strong accent and ended the film without one.Will work as a second tier rental.Guide: F-bomb near end. No sex or nudity

Emmi I picked this movie after running circles on Netflix. I'm in the middle of watching it now. Had no clue it would be intertwining several culture and historical ventures. It is overall a fun film to watch, similar to watching OTHER films that co-mingle culture/historical fiction story lines to form a cohesive plot with approx 2-4 main characters. I watched it for the pure entertainment value and looked it up on IMDb while watching. Who cares about all the political correctness, we watch films to be entertained not to criticize and critique it to death. There ARE MANY MANY poorly thrown together films and THIS ONE by FAR is NOT as sloppily done as So many of these crazy negative reviews imply. I've watched worse B-Sci-Fi films that were put together compared to this Outcast movie. Anyone ever heard of an actor called Sean Bean?????? Yeah, that man has played in EVERYTHING!!!!!!! Major box office hits, to some crappy CG dragon science fiction films. He is a well rounded actor who ENJOYS playing many roles and does not HAVE TO BE IN A 10 out of 10 Box Office Hit film 24/7 365 days a year. Give me a freaking break people please. This film "Outcast" is worth the watch. If you can get past all your personal film hang ups where LITERALLY EVERYTHING HAS TO BE JUST SO PERFECT, and on point in the FINITE DETAILS. I am reviewing this film because I am enjoying the plot. I'm enjoying the acting and the actors. If Sean Bean can make both 10 out of 10 Box office hits than turn around and do a B Sci- Fi films.... BECAUSE HE CAN AND HE ENJOYS HIS WORK NO MATTER WHAT, does not have to be On Top in a major film that gets 200% kudos for writing, directing, plot, screenplay etc etc etc...... Why can't OTHER ACTORS AND ACTRESSES DO THE SAME??????? Go ahead look up Sean Bean now, look at his filmography, bet a bunch of films he has acted in, you have never ever heard of; why because they are not Major Bedazzling Motion Pictures. With a perfect plot, a genius storyline, Perfect acting or even great screen play or even half way decent CG effects or fighting sequences/battle scenes, with pristine polished dialogue. Give this movie a chance, its fun regardless of how choppy or unseemingly it might appear. There are in fact much worse films out there..... this ain't one of them.

george walters I don't even know where to begin to review this movie. I knew it would be bad from the trailers but nothing had prepared me for this. My brother really wanted to give this one a try for a good laugh so we thought "why not".First you should know it is NOT a Nicholas Cage movie, unlike what the posters / trailers show. He's barely present on screen. Hayden Christensen however takes the lead and you see him in 90% of the movie.His stupid soccer player haircut coupled with his absolutely absurd accent makes the movie unwatchable. Cage's accent isn't even better. I don't know what they were both shooting for but it almost makes me regret having actors use an Irish / British accent for Crusade - Medieval movies.The action is set somewhere in China but most of the Asian actors had an indistinctive American accent, save for that one child with a very South London accent (for no reason). It was more than immersion breaking.Not a single character is useful to the plot. The action scenes are poorly made and I admit I fell asleep 5-6 times, my brother had to wake me up. He actually fell asleep before the movie ended. Please, this movie isn't one that is "so bad it's good". It's so bad you'll fall asleep. Avoid at all costs

billgrasha I've grown extremely wary of anything with Nicolas Cage, but decided to give this a try. Fortunately, Nicolas is not in it the entire time, as I have not heard an English accent that good since Bus Pirates. I also didn't know that they had Grecian Formula back in those days.The movie was pleasantly self aware. Look for the exchange between the fugitive heir to the throne and our hero who has just made an archery shot that not even Green Arrow or Robin Hood could have pulled off. The hero's answer alone is worth the price of admission. Also, the reply to the White Ghost's question of how did you find me is quite enjoyable.It's not a great movie, but the costumes seem period correct, the weapons seem plausible, and the scenery is outstanding. And with the exception of one acceptable scene, there is no Kung Foolery.