This is a fine, handsomely staged movie, as exciting and stimulating as anything I've seen this year.
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09/22/07
3:10 to Yuma (2007)
89 %
Reviews Counted: 189 Fresh: 168 Rotten:21 Average Rating: 7.5/10
Consensus:
The remake of this classic Western improves on the original, thanks to fiery performances from Russell Crowe and Christian Bale as well as sharp direction from James Mangold.
Rated: 15
Runtime: 2 hrs 2 mins
Theatrical Release: 14-09-2007
Synopsis: Based on the Elmore Leonard story, 3:10 TO YUMA is a riveting remake of the 1957 classic Western. It's the story of Dan Evans (Christian Bale), a down-and-out rancher who lost his leg in the Civil War. With a wife and two sons, he is struggling to put food on the table, and unable to make payments on... [More]
Genre: Westerns
Starring: Russell Crowe, Christian Bale, Peter Fonda, Gretchen Mol, Dallas Roberts
Director: James Mangold
Screenwriter: Halstead Welles, Michael Brandt, Derek Haas
Producer: Cathy Konrad
Composer: Marco Beltrami
Screenwriter: Halstead Welles, Michael Brandt, Derek Haas
Producer: Cathy Konrad
Composer: Marco Beltrami
Reviews
A well-made movie that isn't as simply expressed as its predecessor and so loses some of its mythic quality; the more you complicate westerns the less effective they often become.
09/14/07
A shame that it ends on this one false note, but up to that point 3.10 To Yuma fairly races along.
09/14/07
New Zealand’s Russell Crowe and Britain’s Christian Bale, donning the hats and accents to play outlaw and escort with grizzled assurance.
09/14/07
A terrific turn by Peter Fonda, as a leathery bounty hunter hell-bent on retribution, is a bonus in a film far livelier than anyone had a right to expect.
09/14/07
Top Critic
Despite a faintly anti-climactic ending, there's plenty of entertainment in this robust, old-fashioned western tale.
09/14/07
Top Critic
An entertaining but generally underwhelming effort that squanders the talents of a great cast and comes with one of the daftest endings in years.
09/14/07
A remake of a 1957 movie starring Glenn Ford, Yuma’s pacing may owe something to the contemporary action movie, but the themes are age-old: redemption, morality and the lure of the lawless wilderness and of the killers who call it home.
09/14/07
Top Critic
In 1957, the climax looked like Hollywood wish-fulfilment. Fifty years later, it still does.
09/14/07
Revolving around two very different but equally impressive performances from its leads, James Mangold's remake is everything you want from a western: stunning vistas, gripping shoot-outs and a morally complex core that is compelling to the end.
09/14/07
Top Critic
Pitting Chris against Russ, Yuma harks back to B-movie westerns but fails to tap its A-list stars’ potential. Those who aren’t diehard fans of the genre might want to catch a different train.
09/14/07
The two leads’ sparking byplay, Crowe’s addled cockiness versus Bale’s nervy grit, would grace any surroundings, but it’s a pleasure to revisit the frontier in a drama which feels far more vital than mere nostalgic homage.
09/14/07
Top Critic
Engaging, well made Western with exciting action sequences, a thought-provoking script and terrific performances from Bale and Crowe.
09/13/07
At the helm of this remake, James Mangold initially risks stalling the plot with too much backstory, but then it's edge-of-your-seat action all the way.
09/11/07
Top Critic
A decent Western, attractive mainly because of the acting duel between the straight-shooting Bale and the untamed Crowe.
09/11/07
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09/08/07
Has a dark edge that's extremely well-developed by director Mangold, plus layered acting by Bale and Crowe.
09/02/07
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