He finds himself shackled in the middle of the desert, with no boots, no spurs and with no memory of what happened to him, or how he got there. The twist is: he's suffering from amnesia and doesn't know who he is - nor does anyone else - save for one person. Jake Lonegran (Daniel Craig) is the obligatory brooding stranger that rides into a town called Absolution. Set in 1875, the film starts out as a classic Western -and not without some clichГ©s. He had some help along the way though - a gaggle of writers and a big-gun cast including Harrison Ford, Daniel Craig and Olivia Wilde and, of course, Steven Spielberg, serving as one of the executive producers on the project. He nailed a film that had the potential to go dreadfully wrong. To his credit, his directorial chops served him well. It's not that films don't constantly borrow from other genres (Will Smith's less than perfect Tech-Western parody 'Wild, Wild, West' is one out there example), but not on the size and scale and quality of 'Cowboys and Aliens.'ДЇavreau, taking his vision for the film from a Platinum Studios novel by Scott Mitchell Rosenberg has hit on something big, exploring largely unchartered territory. The film also opens a door, begging the question if more screenwriters and directors will be tempted to push the envelope and explore the vast opportunities to create a potentially new movie-going experience - fusion cinema. Video: The Showbuzz's 'Cowboys & Aliens' review

The film was well received by fans at its Comic-Con world premiere and is expected to make a killing at the box office.

The result is a cleverly orchestrated, masterfully executed blend of an old-fashioned Western combined with an alien invasion that plays as naturally as mom's homemade peanut butter and jelly sandwiches - loaded and completely satisfying.

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