If director Jon Favreau had paid as much attention to the story as he did the fighting sequences, Cowboys & Aliens could have been a milestone instead of just another passably cool summer movie. Wilde is appropriately gorgeous as the enigmatic Ella, but her romance with Jake is far too predictable. Beach is earnest as Ford's underappreciated charge-turned-employee, but the Native American subplot in the second half feels a bit Dances with Wolves without any heart.
But as promising as the movie starts - with Craig's amnesiac, wounded gunslinger stealing clothes (including tight-fitting leather chaps) off his rivals and galloping into town - the middle is a muddle of alien carnage and incomplete plot development that leaves you dissatisfied no matter how exciting it is to watch Craig and Ford share the screen.įord, no longer dashing and young, is now the perfect curmudgeon his Dolarhyde is a meanie with a soft spot for his ne'er-do-well son. With his sharp features and broad shoulders, he transforms from brooding loner into a relentless warrior every single time he's threatened - from the opening scene to the last alien he dispatches.
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