Movie Review: Jon Favreau’s ‘Cowboys & Aliens’ Starring Daniel Craig, Olivia Wilde
Jon Favreau returns to the director’s seat with Cowboys & Aliens, his first film since Iron Man 2. Based on the 2006 graphic novel of the same name, the concept of the wild west merging with an alien invasion is anything but dull. Unfortunately the same can not be said of the film adaptation.
Jake Lonergan (Daniel Craig) wakes up in the middle of the desert, unaware of who he is or how he got there. But when approached by a group of vandals, he has a Jason Borne-esque moment where he takes them all on in a blink of an eye. This is one badass cowboy you don’t want to mess with. Eventually he finds his way into the...
The Plot:
Jake Lonergan (Daniel Craig) awakens in the desert with amnesia and with a strange metal bracelet on his wrist.
Staggering to a nearby town, he quickly finds trouble with Percy Dolarhyde (Paul Dano), the spoiled son of powerful rancher Woodrow Dolarhyde (Harrison Ford), as well as Sheriff John Taggart (Keith Carradine). When Woodrow arrives to free his son, he and Taggart faceoff. But before the lead can fly, they are attacked by alien ships which lasso townsfolk and whisk them away.
As Jake begins to remember who he is and determines what his role is in this life or death struggle, he bands together with the locals to fight... Bookmark Us
