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Iron Man fame director Jon Favreau is back with his latest venture "Cowboys and Aliens". The Hollywood director has nicely blended the two kinds i.e.Western and Alien/Sci-fiction - in a single movie. It has two treats in one for this summer and Daniel Craig is the front-runner in this film, as his role is author-backed.

Cowboys and Aliens is an action-packed movie among Wilde, Craig and Ford is the major attraction of the film. The special effects, a tight script penned by nine writers and eye-popping stunts are the USP of his flick. 

Its underlying theme is -  although the inhabitants of Earth may have our own differences and grudge against each other resulting in violence and war, we will come together when challenged with a common threat, especially if the threat comes form the sky above!!!

Cowboys and Aliens is an action-packed movie and the chemistry among Wilde, Craig and Ford is the major attraction of the film. The solid 3-D effects, smooth-flowing script written by nine writers and fantastic stunts are its other highlights. Its underlying theme is that although the inhabitants of Earth may have our inter-species differences, we will come together when presented with a common threat.

In 1873, a spaceship arrives in Arizona  for an unknown purpose. Stranger outlaw (Daniel Craig) wakes up in the desert with no memory and saunters onto Main Street. He meets cranky cattle barron Dolarhyde (Harrison Ford) and his bully son (Paul Dano). The stranger discovers that he is a wanted thief named Lonergan when the lights arrive in the sky. Then he rounds up a team of Doc (Sam Rockwell), Meechum, the preacher (Clancy Brown), a Native American Nat (Adam Beach) and beautiful Ella (Olivia Wilde) to stave off the invading force in an old-time Wild West backdrop.

As expected, Daniel Craig has shown great presence on screen. Harrison Ford and Craig suit up for the cowboys and their chemistry really works well. Olivia Wilde looks good in their company. Paul Dano, Sam Rockwell, Clancy Brown, Adam Beach and others have done a good job in their respective roles.

In technical front, the 3-D effects are very effective throughout the film. The 2D version will be no less entertaining, I believe.

The dilemma of killing fast-moving aliens with light weaponry is in the first priority module..

The movie has a fair amount of strong one-liners. Harry Gregson-Williams' music, Matthew Libatique's cinematography and Dan Lebental's editing are something to watch out for.

Producer: Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Alex Kurtzman, Damon Lindelof and Roberto Orci.

Director: Jon Favreau

Cast: Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde, Paul Dano, Sam Rockwell, Clancy Brown and Adam Beach.