The Outsider

1979

Action / Drama / History / Thriller

4
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 57% · 4 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 57% · 50 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.9/10 10 348 348

Plot summary

Michael Flaherty (Craig Wasson), an American Vietnam veteran of Irish descent, returns to Belfast to join the cause of his grandfather, Seamus (Sterling Hayden). Soon he finds that he is not as welcomed in his home country as he imagined he would be. Even worse, he's the target of an IRA assassination plot designed to make the British forces look bad in order to elicit financial support from wealthy Americans.

Director

Tony Luraschi Photo
Tony Luraschi

Top cast

Patricia Quinn Photo
Patricia Quinn as Siobhan
Des Cave Photo
Des Cave as Kevin McCann
Gabriel Byrne Photo
Gabriel Byrne
Aiden Grennell Photo
Aiden Grennell as Hanlan
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
1.09 GB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
2 hr 1 min
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2.03 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
2 hr 1 min
Seeds 3

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by willyjg

A real SLEEPER. It's the BLADE RUNNER meets the I.R.A!!!

Reviewed by johncg25 8 / 10

Surprisingly good

This is one of the better films on the IRA struggle I have ever seen, despite its age. You also get what looks like a film shot on location in Belfast from the 70's, which surprised me in that it looked like a warzone. Other later films on the subject cannot quite capture the setting as this film does wonderfully. The plot is complex, the acting is good, and it is pretty intense, and overall very well done. For anyone that likes the IRA subject matter it is definitely worth seeing, and one of the best films on that subject that is for unknown reasons, not well-watched.
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