Cowboys and Aliens
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(Running time: 118 Minutes) Rated PG-13
Starring Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde
I was pleasantly surprised by Cowboys and Aliens. The movie opens with Jake (Craig) in the desert, injured, not knowing who he is when he sees a strange contraption on his arm. Three typical western bad guys appear and Jake defeats them, takes their guns, horse and clothes and rides into town.
The alien element is introduced in the beginning by hazy flashbacks through Jake. The early part of the movie spins a western yarn with the proverbial rich man’s spoiled bad-boy son and a few other archetypical characters.
The supporting characters are developed and add much to the texture of the movie. When the aliens land, all hell breaks loose as the people in the town wonder what is going on. So does the audience. The film becomes an episodic good guys (cowboys and native Americans) vs. bad boys (aliens) film. The aliens are incredibly frightening, with huge teeth, slime dripping off them and small, bony flesh-colored grasping hands coming out of their chests. They terrified me; I could hardly look at them.
I admit to being a sucker for a western and loved the hard-bitten men out there fighting to protect their families. The cowboys were clever and fought the aliens with primitive but effective tools and good military strategies. This isn’t a “great” movie, but it was highly entertaining. There is violence, blood and the aliens were frightening, there is bad language and one nude scene but you saw her only from the back from the waist up, so no big deal and no sex. It is too frightening for younger children. Take your kids 11 and up who are not sensitive and have fun.
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Awesome movie! - Katherine
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