Cowboys and Aliens? No, no mistake at the box office there. This is a film about Cowboys and Aliens. And though many may glance at the A list names of Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford and Iron Man director Jon Favreau and conclude – well, it is unusual, but it must be good, it has to be admitted that the combination of state of the art Sci-fi and an old school western is nothing but ridiculous. Instead of grabbing the best of both genres and letting it commingle carefully, like a well-controlled nuclear reaction, the film manages to neatly pick out the biggest stereotypes of Westerns and Science Fiction and present us with an explosive mash up of the powerful manipulative villain in the little village and the slimy sleazy Alien vs. Predator extra-terrestrial life forms. Quite frankly, it’s difficult to take this film seriously the second alien attacks begin. Despite that, there are some notable performances, with House’s Olivia Wilde who makes her second blockbuster appearance in a film which Harrison Ford seems to have mistaken for the new Indiana Jones sequel, while Daniel Craig’s attempt at non-bond-talk and pulling off an Iron Man prop as a bracelet fail respectably. Wilde, however, does keep some dignity with her performance as the sidekick in an otherwise predictable plot. The film begins to drag on towards the end where everyone apart from Craig’s Jake Lonegran can now conclude this will end well. Wait, spoiler? Well, if you thought that was a spoiler then you might actually enjoy this film. Favreau’s directing is once again a massive-action-spot-on. The scenes do not drag on and the action is very well handled, sadly there is not enough script for Farveau to work with. Thus, Cowboys and Aliens takes potential and turns it into a dead-end-money-maker. Good for Hollywood, bad for, well… the viewers.
Mirela Ivanova
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