It’s 1873 when gunslinger Jake Lonergan (Daniel Craig) awakens in the Arizona desert with no memory of his past and a mysterious metal shackle encircling his wrist. Stumbling into the nearby town of Absolution, Lonergan discovers a tightly closed community that takes its orders from the iron-fisted Colonel Woodrow Dolarhyde (Harrison Ford) — and Dolarhyde has a bone to pick with Lonergan. But the colonel’s influence wanes when the desolate city is attacked by monsters that drop from the sky with blinding force and abduct the helpless townsfolk one by one. As Lonergan’s memory slowly returns, he realizes he holds a secret that could give the town a fighting chance against the alien force. With the help of mysterious beauty Ella (Olivia Wilde), he assembles a posse comprised of former opponents: townsfolk, Dolarhyde and his boys, outlaws and Apache warriors. United against a common enemy, they prepare for an epic showdown for survival.
When I heard that Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford were going to star in comic book movie directed by Jon Favreau and produced by Steven Spielberg I expected it to be the best movie of the summer. My expectations were...
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Blu-ray Review: Cowboys & Aliens
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Re: Blu-ray Review: Cowboys & Aliens
First, let me say, I really like Westerns. And I really like Science Fiction movies. I liked this Western, but I found it a bit long and draggy. I also like good, long movies. You know, the kind when they're finally over, you want more? Not this one. If it would have been a half hour shorter, I think I would have enjoyed it more.
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