Other: Some brief depictions of defecation and urination are shown.Cowboys & Aliens, Universal, 2011, PG-13 Characters-including the protagonist-smoke or use chewing tobacco. Crude anatomical terms and infrequent suggestive innuendo are also present.Īlcohol / Drug Use: Characters drink often. Language: The script contains frequent profanities and cursing, as well as some scatological slang and racial slurs.
A man thinks a woman is a prostitute looking for work. A woman’s bare shoulders and back are seen in a nonsexual context. Sexual Content: A woman watches a shirtless man from the shadows. Grotesque characters and some moments of peril are also included. A character sets off an explosion causing personal death. A character talks about slicing a man’s throat. A man breaks another character’s hand and later ambushes and threatens a woman. A man is tortured and then dragged by a horse. Characters are ambushed, abducted and killed by aliens. A young adult shoots randomly at people and property and forces people to hand over money. A man’s face is splattered with blood after he beats a man to death. Characters are shot at close range with bullets and arrows, impaled, clubbed, bitten, sliced open and disintegrated. Violence: Characters frequently engage in fist and gunfights, which often result in bloody injuries or death. Why is Cowboys and Aliens rated PG-13? Cowboys and Aliens is rated PG-13 by the MPAA for intense sequences of western and sci-fi action and violence, some partial nudity and a brief crude reference. Starring Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde. In the meantime, viewers who want action without a lot of gore may have to hunt for other entertainment options than these Cowboys and Aliens have to offer. Whether these two powerhouse Hollywood actors will be enough to help this predictable alien invasion adventure earn gold at the box office will have to be seen.
In this film, a gingerly moving Ford surrenders the rough and tumble scenes to the grim and serious star of Casino Royale. In the original Indiana Jones trilogy, Ford played the agile young adventurer opposite aging James Bond actor Sean Connery. What proves more interesting to watch is the handing over of the reins from one generation of action hero actor to the next. While the setting may be different, the script doesn’t offer much that we haven’t seen in this genre before including rather gruesome-looking extraterrestrials. As well, the men frequently resort to the most basic of weapons-their fists-to inflict injury and death. Yet despite the archaic implements of war, massive explosions, bloody injuries and corpses are abundant. Fortunately the local Indian tribe arrives with their spears and arrows to aid in the effort. But fending off advanced intelligences with pistols and lever-action rifles seems ridiculous. It’s one thing to watch a US Marine platoon blast aliens with high-powered artillery in Battle: Los Angeles. Jake joins the group though he chooses to remain aloof as much as possible.
In true cowboy fashion, the locals form a posse to pursue the invaders, relying on the skills of Woodrow’s native tracker (Adam Beach) to help them follow the massive footprints that lead out of town. (In the midst of the mayhem, Jake frees himself from Percy by crushing all the bones in the boy’s hand so he can remove the shackles.) As the bickering begins between the two strong-willed men, lights appear on the horizon and soon the dusty street is under attack from alien ships that lasso people and haul them off to an undisclosed location. The plot (minus the strange bracelet that emits blinking lights and strange sounds) sets up the perfect Western conflict between the local law enforcer and the rancher who thinks he is above the rules everyone else has to live by. Unfortunately, Percy is ready for transport to federal court and handcuffed to Jake Lonergan (Daniel Craig), a man who recently woke up with a strange metal band on his arm and no memory of the lengthy criminal record he has amassed. After Percy is arrested for shooting a government agent, Woodrow rides into town with his hired hands to force the sheriff (Keith Carradine) into setting the wayward boy free. Now, late into his sixties, he is ready to take on aliens.įord plays Woodrow Dolarhyde, a wealthy, cantankerous cattle owner from the 1800’s, who spends as much time bailing his son Percy (Paul Dano) out of trouble as he does herding cows. During his film career, Harrison Ford has fought computer hackers, Nazi soldiers, hijackers, Soviet agents, the evil Darth Vader and pharmaceutical red tape.
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