Based on Scott Mitchell Rosenberg's graphic novel, Cowboys & Aliens follows criminal Jake Lonergan (Daniel Craig), who wakes up with no memories and a strange bracelet. Ending is complex and surprising.
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Many-crime outlaw Lonergan is wanted for imprisonment. Lonergan, Colonel Woodrow Dolarhyde (Harrison Ford), Ella Swenson (Olivia Wilde), and a Native American tribe fight aliens who kill and kidnap Absolution's residents.
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Chiricahua Apache chief Black Knife (Raoul Trujillo) helps Lonergan remember his past and find the alien ship that kidnapped him and the abducted.
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He and Swenson free the townspeople and destroy the alien ship, saving humanity forever. Details can get lost in Cowboys & Aliens' simplicity and humor.
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Despite burning, Swenson survives. Aliens from the film wiped out her species. She claims she became human to save Earth. She wants the bracelet Lonergan stole from the aliens in Cowboys & Aliens to explode.
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After saying goodbye to Lonergan, she crawls to the alien ship's core and detonates the device, saving Earth. They were defeated by her alien technology knowledge. Swenson died to save humanity.
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Elle watches Lonergan early on. She follows and talks to him, annoying him. They seem to know each other, but Lonergan may have forgotten her after losing his memory. Her question, "You don't remember anything, do you?" implies history.
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Ella finally admits their strangerhood. His bracelet draws her to Lonergan. He fled their base due to alien technology, she thinks. Ella sought Lonergan alien locations. She wanted Lonergan's alien weapon to destroy the base.
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Lonergan fights many Cowboys & Aliens baddies. Strangely, he had no memory of who or what he did after alien abduction. In their first film meeting, Dolarhyde says Lonergan stole his gold and dislikes him.
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Jake and his gang stole gold often. Former gangmates know Lonergan. Some are reluctant to fight the aliens with him because he stole their last robbery gold. He stole everything to escape with lover Alice Wills.
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