21 Alien Invasion Movies, Ranked from Worst to Best
by
Joal Ryan, for Metacritic
– June 21, 2016
Not all Hollywood alien invasions are created equal. Some are scary good. Some are scary bad. Here’s a look at which is which, from worst to best, based on Metascores.
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photo by Universal Pictures
There are some ideas that sound interesting on paper and work well on screen. Then there’s Cowboys & Aliens, an expensive flop from the summer of 2011. Director Jon Favreau said the movie’s big stars (Daniel Craig! Harrison Ford!) and its title worked against the film.
“A mediocre western clumsily welded to a mediocre alien shoot-'em-up.” —Andrew O’Hehir, Salon.com
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