Cowboys and Aliens
Cowboys and Aliens follows the town of Absolution where strangers are not welcomed without the approval of tyrannical Col. Dolarhyde. But when Absolution faces a threat from beyond Earth the town would have to accept an amnesiac gunslinger to come to their rescue.
9 July 1965, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
11 November 1972, Ashern, Manitoba, Canada
8 May 1955, New Mexico, USA
4 August 1981, Gulf Breeze, Florida, USA
11 May 1957, Bakersfield, California, USA
5 January 1959, Urbana, Ohio, USA
8 February 1972, Encino, California, USA
5 November 1968, Daly City, California, USA
4 September 1969, Porcupine, South Dakota, USA
16 November 1961, Los Angeles, California, USA
10 July 1986, Los Angeles, California, USA
19 June 1984, New York City, New York, USA
May 03, 2015
Why is this gloriously schlocky premise treated with such ponderous solemnity?
August 08, 2011
Takes itself much too seriously, with acts of brutality outnumbering the gags.
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.
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 17, 2011
What started as 'True Grit'-meets-'War of the Worlds' ends up closer to - whisper it - 'Wild Wild West'.
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...
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.
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.
January 14, 2013
Expensive, a misfire, but perfectly servicable for what it is
August 02, 2011
It's fun to think about what Cowboys & Aliens might have been if any creativity had crept past the title page.
