Space
Cowboys (2000)
6/10
Starring
Clint
Eastwood
Tommy
Lee Jones
Donald
Sutherland
James
Garner
Directed
by Clint Eastwood
Space
Cowboys was one of those movies I looked forward to seeing when I was
a young lad of 2000. I just could not get turned away by the trailer
back then and looked forward to a ride, where four men missed their
chance to go to space.
I
had seem Armageddon (1998) and
I loved it and this for me was like reliving a new set of guys
destined to go to space no matter what. The
only difference is these guys are old. When
I did get to see the film I was impressed by the intensity of the
movie itself. Unlike Armageddon (1998) where
the drama was mostly delivered when the space destined team
were on the asteroid. Here
the drama is mostly delivered before they even get shot into space.
The
movie plot does not pretend to have any such of
urgency. Unlike Armageddon
(1998) where the world was at
stake if these men fail. Here the American Government is trying to
help the Russian fix their communication
satellite.
The
plot is simple sometimes via viewing can be predictable, as
the satellite
that was down was old and not something the new engineers
can figure out. So they decided to get the man who designed the old
ones guiding system
to come help solve the problem.
That
man and his crew is what
makes this movie enjoyable.
Clint Eastwood and Tommy Lee Jones were
the head of this fantastic performance and then we have Donald
Sutherland to throwing the occasional laugh here and there.
As
it begins in 1958, two U.S.
Air Force pilots and aspiring astronauts, William "Hawk"
Hawkins (Tommy Lee Jones) and Frank Corvin (Clint Eastwood), are
testing a modified X-plane when Hawk decides to break a height
record. The plane crashes and their commanding officer gets them
reassigned. As the Air Force were no longer going to be in charge of
Space flight, it was now going to be handled by NASA. Because
of this Franks team of four missed their chance to go to space.
Now
in the present time with the whole communication satellite
problem, and the thing
decaying fast the only
solution is to go up there and fix it. Since time is a problem, the
old four man crew of aspiring astronauts
back in the day have
to go. Well, that is Frank’s
suggestion as he wants his shot of going to space.
The
movie was good financially at the box office and
critic wise it was well received and seeing it now, it is still one
hell of a good drama.
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