It stars great acting legends like Harrison ford and Daniel Crag. The characters are extremely well acted- And why wouldn't they be. The writers did a really good job establishing some great western clichés that seemed to be used a lot in the old movies. You've got an old drunk, the young kid that needs to learn manners, a greedy land owner and of course, a man with no name. The story has all the stereotypical western characters that appeared in the oldies. Cowboys and Aliens seem to mix the two together Assembling a classic western storyline with a modern alien twist- and it works! With a few exceptions like "True Grit" and "3:10 to Yuma", Westerns that have come out in the 21st century have been far from Brilliant status of the older movies. A Posse is established and they set out to find the invaders and reclaim their family members. After the attack, Dolarhyde decides to cut a deal with the man with no name, due to the fact that his armband is some sort of alien weaponry. But before Dolarhyde could get ahold of him, mysterious attackers from the skies assault the town, abducting anyone who stands in their way. After causing chaos with the local Sheriff, he runs into a dirty, good-for-nothing Cattle owner named Colonel Dolarhyde who seems to own the town. He eventually finds a small town in Arizona entitled "Absolution". He also notices a metal armband around his arm which looks like something WAY beyond it's time. The plot goes like this A man wakes up in a desert without any knowledge of of history or his identity. Did It work? This is my review on Cowboys and Aliens. Now, Paramount Picture attempts to revive the genre again.
It has been over 42 years since a "good" Weird west movie came out. Reviewed by SciFiSheriff 10 / 10 Worth it's weight in gold! As this gunslinger slowly starts to remember who he is and where he's been, he realizes he holds a secret that could give the town a. Now, the stranger they rejected is their only hope for salvation. Screaming down with breathtaking velocity and blinding lights to abduct the helpless one by one, these monsters challenge everything the residents have ever known.
But Absolution is about to experience fear it can scarcely comprehend as the desolate city is attacked by marauders from the sky. What he discovers is that the people of Absolution don't welcome strangers, and nobody makes a move on its streets unless ordered to do so by the iron-fisted Colonel Dolarhyde (Ford). The only hint to his history is a mysterious shackle that encircles one wrist. A stranger with no memory of his past stumbles into the hard desert town of Absolution. where a lone cowboy leads an uprising against a terror from beyond our world.