![]() Marketing for Cowboys & Aliens may trumpet the pairing of Indiana Jones and James Bond (much as it did when Sean Connery joined Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade), but neither lead actor is playing his character here the way he might in a franchise film. Director Jon Favreau keeps the tone light but, aside from the occasional low-key gag or one-liner, the humor is never allowed to upstage the more serious elements. Although the title sounds jokey, that's where the comedic element ends. Although a little overlong, the production will find favor not only with lovers of its root genres but with those just looking for a not-too-demanding good time. The resulting film is far better than the sum of its two seemingly disparate parts. Cowboys & Aliens is a mashup of a mediocre Western and a mediocre science fiction story.
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