Cowboys & Aliens (2011)
- 6.0
- 1h 59min
- Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller, Western, Science Fiction
- 2011-07-29 (USA)
Storyline
The Old West.. where a lone cowboy leads an uprising against a terror from beyond our world. 1873. New Mexico Territory. A stranger with no memory of his past stumbles into the hard desert town of Absolution. The only hint to his history is a mysterious shackle that encircles one wrist. What he discovers is that the people of Absolution don't welcome strangers, and nobody makes a move on its streets unless ordered to do so by the iron-fisted Colonel Dolarhyde (Ford). It's a town that lives in fear. But Absolution is about to experience fear it can scarcely comprehend as the desolate city is attacked by marauders from the sky. Screaming down with breathtaking velocity and blinding lights to abduct the helpless one by one, these monsters challenge everything the residents have ever known. Now, the stranger they rejected is their only hope for salvation. As this gunslinger slowly starts to remember who he is and where he's been, he realizes he holds a secret that could give the town a ...
Plot Keywords
desert, cowboy, arizona, one man army, alien invasion, stabbed to death, stabbed in the back, stabbed in the chest, doctor, target practice, hole in chest, impalement, hand through chest, revelation, flashback, scarred face, blood, blood splatter, death of girlfriend, implied nudity
Short Review
There is nothing that fascinating about Favreau's treatment, nor his source material, but compared with similar blockbuster fare of recent months, this curious exercise in genre bending is very watchable.
