A man awakens in the desert alone, wounded, with an odd device strapped to his arm. The opening of 'Cowboys VS. Aliens.' The Daniel Craig character is kind of an homage to the man with no name. We don't find out he has a name until 45 minutes in or so. I wish we never found out his name. He goes into town starts some trouble, he can fight real good. Eventually Craig and Paul Dano, the son of the local cattle tycoon played by Harrison Ford, are coached out of town to the regional court. Lights appear in the sky and the aliens attack, people are stolen. Craig's arm band activates and he's able to bring down one of their ships. Ford and Craig team up and go after their people. That's the plot in a nut shell, there's not a lot to it.The highlight of the movie is obviously all the action. It's a lot of fun watching Craig kick ass the whole time. But there is a lot of great supporting cast members: Paul Dano, Harrison Ford, Sam Rockwell, Clancy Brown, and Olivia Wilde and of course that one nameless henchmen from 'The Departed'. Craig comes into town to try to find out who he is, the aliens attack, he figures they know who he is so he goes after them. Simple but fun. You can't go into this movie with a lot of expectations, it's called Cowboys VS. Aliens after all. If you're in the mood for a good action western meets SciFi flick.
See it.
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