THE ASTOR REVIEW

A title like that sounds like something out of a 1950s B Movie, but we advice you not to be discouraged. This is a creative spin on the alien invasion theme. Set in 1873, a drifter awakens with no memory of his past, and a strange shackle around his wrist. Wandering into a township, he learns he is a wanted man. But the loner may be the mysterious key to defeating a race of aggressive aliens that suddenly arrive in the wild west. produced by Steven Spielberg, Brian Grazer & Ron Howard, it is pure escapist fun and an intriguing twist on two tried and true movie genres. It’s like The Good, The Bad and the extraterrestrial Ugly. Andrew Boyle

IMDB SYNOPSIS

The Old West.. where a lone cowboy leads an uprising against a terror from beyond our world. 1873. Arizona Territory. A stranger with no memory of his past stumbles into the hard desert town of Absolution. The only hint to his history is a mysterious shackle that encircles one wrist. What he discovers is that the people of Absolution don't welcome strangers, and nobody makes a move on its streets unless ordered to do so by the iron-fisted Colonel Dolarhyde (Ford). It's a town that lives in fear. But Absolution is about to experience fear it can scarcely comprehend as the desolate city is attacked by marauders from the sky. Screaming down with breathtaking velocity and blinding lights to abduct the helpless one by one, these monsters challenge everything the residents have ever known. Now, the stranger they rejected is their only hope for salvation. As this gunslinger slowly starts to remember who he is and where he's been, he realizes he holds a secret that could give the town a fighting chance against the alien force. With the help of the elusive traveler Ella (Olivia Wilde), he pulls together a posse comprised of former opponents-townsfolk, Dolarhyde and his boys, outlaws and Apache warriors-all in danger of annihilation. United against a common enemy, they will prepare for an epic showdown for survival.