Cowboys and Aliens

Cowboys and Aliens

Rating 6.5 out of 10

This movie opened to yawning reviews that were mostly repeated by people I know that saw it.  It is very rare that I see a movie in theaters that has been out for more than a couple weeks.  I just like to see them when they come out or wait to rent.  I had written Cowboys and Aliens off to the Blockbuster line.  Rocky and I were in the movie mood and mean Mom had a problem with her teenager seeing Friends with Benefits so we strapped on our boots and jumped on our horse.

You have to give this crew an E for Effort on the movie.  They mixed the Cowboy movie genre with Aliens from outer space and somehow signed an very A-list cast.  The movie starts with our star Jake (Daniel Craig putting down his Bond martini for a cowboy hat) waking up in the desert with no memory of who he is or where he is at.  Bad guys show up and he quickly takes them out showing us he is one bad dude.  He has this cool looking bracelet hooked to his arm.  No idea what it is for.

When he goes into town he finds out what the bracelet is for.  Alien ships attack the town zipping towns people up right and left and flying off with them.  The bracelet turns into a cool gun that can shoot the ships down. The towns men assemble a posse to hunt down the aliens and get their people back.

The cast is incredible in this movie.  Harrison Ford must be pushing 90 but can still ride a horse and shoot bad guys.  Olivia Wilde seems to be in every movie this summer.  Sam Rockwell and a who's who of character actors.

The movie was much better than I expected.  The effects are not out of this world but work just fine.  The movie takes itself just serious enough.  I still say with a cast like this the movie should have been better.  This will make a good rental in a month or two when it comes out on dvd.