Movie Review: 3:10 To Yuma

Set in the old west, a small-time rancher (Christian Bale) agrees to deliver a captured outlaw (Russell Crowe) to a departing train to go to court in Yuma. A battle of wills ensues as the outlaw tries to psych out the rancher, as the outlaw's gang tries to catch up and free him. Based on the Elmore Leonard story and a remake of the 1957 film of the same name.

I love a good old-fashioned western, and that's precisely what this is. I also really like Russell Crowe and Christian Bale both so going into this I knew I was gonna have some fun. It didn't disappoint for my money, with a lot of action and gun play as well as a solid story to go with it. Very well acted and well shot and at the times the scenery can almost become distracting it's so gorgeous. The sets and wardrobes are so fantastic that you can almost feel the dust and see tumbleweeds blowing through the theater.

The only real negatives I think are the illogical ending and also the fact that most of these so-called cowboys can't seem to hit the broad side of a barn from point blank range.

Still, one of the best westerns films since Unforgiven I think.

8.5/10