Outland Page #4

Synopsis: Marshal W.T. O'Niel is assigned to a mining colony on Io, one of Jupiter's moons. During his tenure miners are dying - usually violently. When the marshal investigates he discovers the one thing all the deaths have in common is a lethal amphetamine-type drug, which allows the miners to work continuously for days at a time until they become "burned out" and expire. O'Niel follows the trail of the dealers, which leads to the man overseeing the colony. Now O'Niel must watch his back at every turn, as those who seek to protect their income begin targeting him...
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
Director(s): Peter Hyams
Production: Warner Home Video
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.6
Rotten Tomatoes:
58%
R
Year:
1981
112 min
727 Views


I'm trying to keep my composure...

...and like everything else I do,

I think I'm messing this up.

I despise these message things.

I'm just such a coward.

I couldn't look at your face and say

what I'm about to say. I just couldn't.

If you were in front of me,

I'd change my mind.

O'Niel.

What?

How bad?

I'll be right there.

I love you. Please know that.

I hadn't planned this. L really hadn't.

Marshal, he's in the west wing.

Sergeant Montone is waiting for you.

He's in a leisure compartment roughing

up a hooker. She pushed the alarm.

When I responded, he had a knife

and would kill her if l didn't leave.

Who is he?

He's a crane operator named Sagan. Been

here 11 months, never caused trouble.

- How's the girl?

- She's still alive.

Is he stoned?

Beats me. Some guys like

to slap hookers around.

This is Marshal O'Niel. Let that girl

out and no one's going to hurt you.

Get away from me! No!

Now listen to me!

Just listen.

I can't go away and you know that.

Now nobody's going to hurt you.

If you want to talk, we'll talk.

I won't try to break in...

...and you don't do anything crazy

with that girl. Okay?

Go away!

- Get me a maintenance worker.

- Yes, sir.

Which vent leads to the air conditioning

duct for number two compartment?

This one, sir.

Open it.

Open the hydraulic valves to release

the door locks when l tell you.

Sagan, can you hear me?

I hear you!

I'll explain this to you...

...very carefully.

I will release the hydraulic pressure

on the door locks.

It will open this door.

You cannot keep the doors closed...

...and stay in.

Why don't you just come out

and make it easy?

The second that door opens,

I'll kill her!

I'm going to slice her!

I hate her!

I won't argue with you.

And I won't trick you.

I'm going to count

down from ten to one.

At one, the door

will spring open slowly.

I will not rush in.

I will not shoot you.

I don't want to hurt anybody,

including you.

Whatever the problem is...

...we can work it out

without hurting anybody.

You're going to kill me.

No, I'm not. You have my word.

You also have my word

that if you kill that girl...

... I will kill you.

Now I'm going to count down

from ten...

...to one, slowly.

Just do as l say.

Ten...

...eight...

...seven...

...five...

...four...

...three...

...two...

...one.

Well, he turned.

I saw the knife.

Jaw looks broken. Maybe the nose.

Contusions.

Neck wounds look superficial.

Jesus Christ, who did this to her?

A worker. Went nuts.

It happens here, remember?

I got that list.

She's bleeding in the abdomen.

- Why didn't you bring it to my office?

I don't make house calls.

Well, you do now.

She'll be all right?

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Peter Hyams

Peter Hyams (born July 26, 1943) is an American film director, screenwriter and cinematographer, known for directing Capricorn One, the 1981 science fiction thriller Outland, 2010 (the sequel to Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey), the 1986 action/comedy Running Scared, the comic book adaptation Timecop, the action film Sudden Death (both starring Jean-Claude Van Damme), and the horror films The Relic and End of Days. more…

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