Cowboys and Aliens

It received plenty of hype when it was launched last year. Judging from the line-up of stars - with Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig at the fore-front - I was expecting a lot. To add to that, the director was Jon Favreau, and screenplay by Roberto Orci, I was imagining that this was going to be a fantastic ride.

Unfortunately, there were not much of that, and towards the end, the movie was somewhat predictable, with the character arc not really being stretched and both Ford and Craig not been given enough meet to sink their teeth into in terms of plot development and acting.

It was in the end rather bland and found wanting. That was the best I can come up to describe the disappointment that was "Cowboys and Aliens". The movie could have offered us so much more ……