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- Cowboys and Aliens, a sci-fi Western, involves 4K Blu-ray on Sept 17 with particular options and a director’s reduce for followers to take pleasure in.
- The movie, set in 1873 New Mexico, follows a gaggle defending their city towards aliens, that includes stars like Craig, Ford, and Wilde.
- Regardless of blended evaluations, the distinctive mix of Western and sci-fi components in Cowboys & Aliens provides an exciting and entertaining expertise.
Seize your spurs and saddle up, as a result of Cowboys and Aliens is coming to 4K Blu-ray for the primary time. Jon Favreau‘s 2011 science fiction Western will likely be accessible in a two-disc set from Kino Lorber, and can come loaded up with particular options. The set will experience into city on September 17.
The set relies round an all-new UHD SDR grasp of the movie’s theatrical reduce; an HD grasp of Favreau’s prolonged director’s reduce will even be included. It additionally comes loaded with all kinds of particular options. These embody an audio commentary by Faveau, a makin-of documentary, plus TV spots and theatrical trailers. It’ll additionally characteristic Favreau’s conversations with forged and crew, together with stars Daniel Craig, Olivia Wilde, and Harrison Ford; producers Steven Spielberg, Ron Howard, and Brian Grazer; and screenwriters Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, and Damon Lindelof. The set will retail for $26.57 USD, and may be preordered on KinoLorber.com.
What Is ‘Cowboys and Aliens’ About?
Set in 1873 New Mexico, Cowboys and Aliens facilities across the folks of the city of Absolution – together with an amnesiac outlaw (Craig), the city sheriff (Keith Carradine), an area cattle baron (Ford) and his ne’er-do-well son (Paul Dano), the native physician and saloon proprietor (Sam Rockwell), and a mysterious traveler (Wilde) – and their efforts to defend their city and their lives towards an invading drive of aliens. The outlaw ultimately remembers that he desires revenge on the aliens, who killed his lover – and learns that Wilde’s enigmatic vagrant is not from Earth, herself. Primarily based on a graphic novel created by Scott Mitchell Rosenberg, the movie additionally options Adam Seashore, Buck Taylor, Walton Goggins, and Wyatt Russell.
Cowboys and Aliens was a disappointment on the field workplace, making $174 million on a $163 million funds, and critics weren’t notably receptive to the movie both, giving it a collective 44% “Rotten” score on Rotten Tomatoes. Nonetheless, the movie has its followers; in a reappraisal of the film from earlier this 12 months, Collider’s Kelcie Mattson acknowledged its flaws however discovered it to be “a sizzling mess delivered in a riotously entertaining bundle”, and had specific reward for Ford’s “pissed-off, crotchety previous man routine”.
Kino Lorber’s 4K launch of Cowboys and Aliens will likely be launched on September 17, 2024. Keep tuned to Collider for future updates.