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Cowboys & Aliens

Name: Cowboys & Aliens
Director: Jon Favreau
Genre: Action, Science Fiction, Thriller, Western
Released: 2011-07-29
Duration: 119 min
Rating: 6
Cast: Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde, Sam Rockwell, Adam Beach

2011 · 1h 59m · Action, Science Fiction, Thriller, Western

IMDb 6.0 Metacritic 50 RT 44%

Skip it—this audacious premise of cowboys versus aliens should've been a blast, but the 2011 film squanders its wild concept with plodding pacing and a tone that can't decide if it's camp or serious. Unless you're specifically hunting for a so-bad-it's-fun experience, your time's better spent elsewhere.

Plot

A stranger stumbles into the desert town of Absolution with no memory of his past and a futuristic shackle around his wrist. With the help of mysterious beauty Ella and the iron-fisted Colonel Dolarhyde, he finds himself leading an unlikely posse of cowboys, outlaws, and Apache warriors against a common enemy from beyond this world in an epic showdown for survival.

Director: Jon Favreau

Cast: Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde, Sam Rockwell, Adam Beach

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