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Cowboys and Aliens
A spaceship arrives in Arizona, 1873, to take over the Earth, and the whole hard desert town of Absolution is emered in fear. It's up to an amnesiac stranger and local cowboys to save the town.
18 November 1997, Dallas, Texas, USA
10 November 1971, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
27 September 1961, Schenectady, New York, USA
9 July 1965, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
1970, Durango, Mexico
October 02, 2012
Delivers on the promise of an exciting genre mash-up but, even with a talented cast and revered team of writers, fails to weave a fulfilling story.
July 31, 2011
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.
August 17, 2011
What started as 'True Grit'-meets-'War of the Worlds' ends up closer to - whisper it - 'Wild Wild West'.
October 07, 2015
The post-racial utopian vision is nice, but you'd hope it wouldn't take an alien invasion before we finally come to it.
August 04, 2011
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...
May 03, 2015
Why is this gloriously schlocky premise treated with such ponderous solemnity?
July 29, 2011
[A] phenomenally successful two-man war against narrative clarity and continuity.
June 30, 2013
The film is driven more by its concept than by its plot but it's still a fun summer film.
August 02, 2011
It's fun to think about what Cowboys & Aliens might have been if any creativity had crept past the title page.
January 14, 2013
Expensive, a misfire, but perfectly servicable for what it is
July 15, 2016
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.
August 08, 2011
Takes itself much too seriously, with acts of brutality outnumbering the gags.
