Cowboys & Aliens is a 2011 American science fiction following an alien invasion that sees a town depend on a wanderer and amnesiac gunslinger to save their ass.
As its title indicates, this is a strange cross of movie genres, and lest any viewers get antsy, it doesn't allow much time to pass before we first encounter UFOs in the Old West. The film takes its time unraveling the rest of the story...
Tribune News Service
January 14, 2013
Expensive, a misfire, but perfectly servicable for what it is
It's not common knowledge that aliens were in on the gold rush. Oh, yeah. That's why this story takes place in 1873. Aliens were panning for gold too, see, using advanced panning technology. Riiiight.
Cowboys & Aliens is an agreeable time-killer, but I'll bet a couple of clever kids could make a livelier movie with a Woody puppet and a Predator doll.
