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

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.

The acting is good enough to be believed, i.e. all the emotions and interactions are real enough that you can forget it is acting. There are some editing decisions which leave gaps in the story but not enough so that you cannot deduce what has happened. Just enough to keep you interested. (e.g. how did Jacob get from the middle east to the far east?) The jealous son kills his father when he learns he has been passed over in the line of succession, then sends soldiers to kill his brother and sister. They happen upon Jacob who is in the far east smoking opium to forget the horrors of battle in the middle east. He sees them about to be slaughtered and saves them, then agrees to escort them to safety. Much adventure follows, heroic actions, unbelievable fight scenes and escapes. You can guess it is going to be something like this just from the advertisements and previews for the film. So I was not surprised or disappointed when that was what I saw. It is the kind of entertainment I expected and it was enjoyable.

I fell in love with Hayden Christensen through this movie. He has matured into a fine actor. In this movie, he has became a battle hardened man and so much more.... Nicolas Cage is as awesome as he always been. I love the fighting scenes. One could tell that Nicolas Cage, Hayden and the action crews spent lots of time rehearsing their sword fighting scenes. I love the flow of the story. The writers and director have done their research well. The story is true to Western and Eastern history. The scenery is breathtaking. Almost like a promotion for Tourism. In summary, the movie definitely deserves a score of 10/10.