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.
19 June 1984, New York City, New York, USA
8 February 1972, Encino, California, USA
11 May 1957, Bakersfield, California, USA
11 November 1972, Ashern, Manitoba, Canada
27 September 1961, Schenectady, New York, USA
13 May 1938, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
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.
May 03, 2015
Why is this gloriously schlocky premise treated with such ponderous solemnity?
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...
January 14, 2013
Expensive, a misfire, but perfectly servicable for what it is
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 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.
August 02, 2011
It's fun to think about what Cowboys & Aliens might have been if any creativity had crept past the title page.
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.
August 17, 2011
What started as 'True Grit'-meets-'War of the Worlds' ends up closer to - whisper it - 'Wild Wild West'.
June 30, 2013
The film is driven more by its concept than by its plot but it's still a fun summer film.
