Ratings: 7.8/10
Film Class: A
Genre: Action Suspense
Cowboys and aliens is, as it's title suggests, a movie about cowboys vs aliens. Jake Lonergan (Daniel Craig) wakes up in the middle of nowhere, and not remembering who he is and how he got there, he travels to a nearby town, where it's villagers are bullied by a notorious gang of cowboys led by Woodrow Dolarhyde (Harrison Ford). That's the 2 main leads for you, with Ella Swenson (Olivia Wilde) as the exotic-looking towns girl.
*spoilers ahead* It's no mystery that the loggerheads cowboys would join forces against their greatest challenge yet... an alien invasion. The aliens are bad ass, with state of the art weaponry and stealth speed, everyone looks at their only hope of offence against the merciless aliens, a metallic device attached to Jake's waist which never fails to blast the brains out of their foreign guests.
The plot isn't without it's flaws, with the convenient activation of the weapon whenever it's near the aliens even though it belongs to them and on a few occasions, it miraculously stays "tame". Ending was no killer, but the development, setting, CG and action nailed it.
I'm thankful the movie turned out better than expected, at least that way I'm comforted knowing one of the few original movie posters I own might someday be as valuable as other movie classics like The Dark Knight and Finding Nemo.
It's old school (cowboys) meet new school (aliens), a refreshing plot that surprisingly took that long to hit the big screens. Damn, why didn't I think of that? There was an unexpected likable character who suddenly shined at the end which really added a "twist" to the movie. Expect everything you would expect, cool cowboys, galloping horses, useless pistols, tamed romance, and most importantly, one weapon to rule them all... One weapon to bring them all into the darkness...
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