Film2011119 min

Cowboys & Aliens

Name: Cowboys & Aliens
Genre: Action, Science Fiction, Thriller, Western
Released: 2011
Duration: 119 min
Cast: Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde, Sam Rockwell, Paul Dano

Taste attributes: actionscience fictionthrillerwesternhistoricaldetectivemonster/alien/supernaturaldramarobots/ai/spacemafia/gangsterunsavouryheavyimaginarylineargrittyemotionally undemandingcomplex relationshipdeep rivalryfighting evilfish out of water/culture clashrescue/escape/jeopardyunderdog triumphs

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"First Contact. Last Stand."

Boxlist takeOtherworldly and unsavoury: an emotionally cool western, gritty rather than glossy. Best if you like edge over warmth.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: gritty · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: undemandingHow we score

Quality rating

5.5 /10

TMDB · 4,083 votes

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What lines up

Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
Pace: Balanced pace, just how this profile likes it
Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Emotional punch: Undemanding, where this profile leans emotive / stirring
Realism: Imaginary world, where this profile leans balanced realism

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Synopsis

A stranger stumbles into the desert town of Absolution with no memory of his past and a futuristic shackle around his wrist. With the help of mysterious beauty Ella and the iron-fisted Colonel Dolarhyde, he finds himself leading an unlikely posse of cowboys, outlaws, and Apache warriors against a common enemy from beyond this world in an epic showdown for survival.

Synopsis: TMDB