Review of Cowboys & Aliens (2011) by Midlands M — 19 Oct 2013
In the Wild Wild West no one can hear you scream (about how bad some of this film is!) Favreau didn't miss lassoing every cliché with a genre mash-up that takes itself far too seriously given the film's comic book origins.
Indiana Jones and James Bond cannot raise this above your average action flick and taking the worst stereotypes from both genres (saloon girl, drifter, cattle rustler, preacher, plucky young kid and the classic weak chinned bar clerk wearing an apron) with the worst sci-fi cliché at the moment - badly designed video-game eqsue aliens - Favreau ends up not knowing what type of film he's making.
On the positive, some of the Western vistas look amazing on blu-ray and the final 30 minutes is a blast but those don't make up for the rest of the film's shortcomings. A reviewer's gotta do what a reviewer's gotta do.
6/10 Midlands Movies Mike.
This review of Cowboys & Aliens (2011) was written by Midlands M on 19 Oct 2013.
Cowboys & Aliens has generally received mixed reviews.
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