Starring – Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde
Cowboys &
Aliens is a mash-up of two B-Movie staples that takes the clichés of both
and brings little of the fun the title might promise. The film reeks of being a
cool idea a producer thought should make it onto the big screen. In fact this
is just the case as the comic book creator put the comic together as a
comic/film tie in. The sad truth though is that the film never really gets beyond
the gimmick of the title. The aliens are so vague as characters, the film could
be Cowboys & Vampires with little
changed in the plot.
The stellar cast of lead actors do their best with the
roles, and Craig and Ford seem perfectly cast as the man without a name (well
forget his name) and the rough ex-soldier turned rough rancher. Wilde seems
destined to be the leading lady in many a film to come. Also standing out is Adam Beach as Ford’s
loyal native. There a moments where these actors do get a chance to develop
their characters and Favreau plays his part here too. However these moments are
few and far between and mark the moments of pause and consideration before the
nonsensical alien gold looting, kidnapping and experimenting plotline takes
hold.
Cowboys &
Aliens should not work, yet Favreau in his blockbuster manner makes it
appear as though is its fused seamlessly. The two genres do co-exist and to some
degree the audience buy it. But never do you care, not for the characters, not
for the outcome, especially not about the bug-eyed aliens who stand to threaten
the unlikely posse of outlaws, cowboys and apaches to stand against them.
Rating 6/10
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