By Kate Rodger
If you're scratching your heads wondering what this movie is about fear not, I am here to ease the confusion! It's about cowboys, and its about aliens.
James Bond (Daniel Craig) wakes up the desert, with no memory and a weird metal bracelet on his arm.
It's not long before that bracelet proves useful as the aliens part of this story kicks in with a vengeance.
Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) rides in, he's the tough guy in town. He and 007 gather a posse to chase the dastardly aliens, who seem to like to lasso folk.
The heartfelt truth is, I love cowboys and I love aliens. In fact, a western and a sci-fi are two of my favourite movies of all time. But it seems putting them both in the same movie is a double downer. My Cowboys & Aliens encounter was a mostly dull and lifeless one, despite good performances from a good cast. A lighter, far more irreverent hand would have served director Jon Favreau better.
So shoot me for being a purist, but I'll keep my cowboys and my aliens separate from now on.
Two stars.
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Cowboys & Aliens
:: Director: Jon Favreau
:: Starring: Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde
:: Running Time: 118 mins
:: Rating: M - contains violence
:: Release Date: 11 August 2011
:: Trailer: Click here
