Outland

Outland is another in a long line of Westerns retooled for science fiction. Writer-director Peter Hyams ("Capricorn One", "2010", "Timecop") restages "High Noon" in outer space, with Sean Connery as O'Neil, the marshal for a settlement on one of Jupiter's moons. While investigating the deaths of some miners, O'Neil discovers that mine boss Peter Boyle has been giving his workers an amphetamine-like work-enhancing drug that keeps them productive for months--until they finally snap and go berserk. When Boyle sends killer henchmen to neutralize the lawman, O'Neil is unable to get the miners to back him up. "Outland" is no classic, but it offers solid suspense in an otherworldly atmosphere. (official distributor synopsis)