![]() ![]() They cross the oil pit by running on the shields, but the Moorwen falls into the pit, and the oil is set on fire. Kainan and Wulfric lure the Moorwen to the village. After listening to Kainan's tale, Freya gives him a family sword, saying she was told that she would know what man to give it to. ![]() When his "ship" returned to the colony, the Moorwen snuck onboard and later caused the crash. ![]() This Moorwen, now the last of its kind, massacred everyone in the colony, including Kainan's wife and child. He explains to her the Moorwen's origin-Kainan's people invaded its land (planet), slaughtered it in the billions and built a colony there. Kainan devises a plan to build a huge pit just inside the village entrance, fill it with whale oil and leave wooden shields floating on the surface.įreya becomes increasingly attracted to Kainan. They soon return, pursued by the Moorwen, and enter the safety of the village. Gunnar and his men attack the settlement, retreating after both sides suffer casualties. When Kainan is taken with a hunting party to find the Moorwen, he kills a gigantic bear that had slain some of the hunters, proving himself to the others who begin treating him as a part of their tribe. Kainan identifies it as a "Moorwen", a predatory creature which caused his ship to crash and now will hunt men and animals alike. The village is attacked that night by an unseen creature, which kills several men. Wulfric interrogates the "outlander", who identifies himself as Kainan, claiming he is from the north, and states that he is hunting a dragon. Hrothgar is concerned that Gunnar, chieftain of the destroyed village, will assume it was Wulfric's doing, as Wulfric's father (Hrothgar's predecessor) had been killed by Gunnar. Wulfric takes him to the fortified village of King Hrothgar, father of Freya, who he hopes will marry future king Wulfric. The spaceman soon finds a recently destroyed village, where he is captured by Wulfric, a warrior from another village. The computer downloads the local Norse language and culture directly into his brain. The only surviving occupant – a humanoid alien – retrieves a distress beacon and a computer which explains that he is on Earth, a "seed" colony that his people have abandoned. The film grossed US$7 million compared to a budget estimated at $47 million.Ī spacecraft crashes in a lake in Vendel-era Scandinavia (550–790). The plot is loosely based on the Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf, adapted to a science-fiction backstory involving a spaceship crashing in Iron Age Norway. Outlander is a 2008 science fiction fantasy action horror film written and directed by Howard McCain, and starring Jim Caviezel, Sophia Myles, Jack Huston, John Hurt, and Ron Perlman. ![]()
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