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Reviews Counted:202
Fresh:178
Rotten:24
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.
Australian Theatrical Release:
Jan 31, 2008 Wide
US Box Office: $53,574,088
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... [More]
Starring: Russell Crowe, Christian Bale, Peter Fonda, Gretchen Mol
Director: James Mangold
Boasting a taut script, precise mise-en-scene, and stellear acting from Russell Crowe and Chistian Bale, this oater immediately posits itself as an A-Level Western, much more than an honorable remake of the 1957 film. Will it revive the genre?
3:10 submits that the American West is a function of capitalism, expedience and exploitation of resources. That's not to say morality isn't a useful measure, it's just relative.
It honors both the genre and the original film without doing harm to either while containing enough of its own virtues to allow it to stand alone as its own entity.
The studiousness, or maybe affectation, that has informed Mangold's visual style has now been applied to the reproduction of classic Western moviemaking.
3:10 to Yuma is that rarity -- an action Western pushed into overdrive by its complicated, savvy characters.
An attention-holding ride through rough country of both the physical and spiritual kind.
There's no point in wondering whether 3:10 to Yuma will trigger another revival of the genre. But for two exciting hours, the picture brings it fully alive once again.
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.
A shame that it ends on this one false note, but up to that point 3.10 To Yuma fairly races along.
...Crowe and Bale are first-rate, the action satisfying.
New Zealand’s Russell Crowe and Britain’s Christian Bale, donning the hats and accents to play outlaw and escort with grizzled assurance.
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.
A great anti-buddy movie.
Despite a faintly anti-climactic ending, there's plenty of entertainment in this robust, old-fashioned western tale.
Top CriticAn entertaining but generally underwhelming effort that squanders the talents of a great cast and comes with one of the daftest endings in years.
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.
Top CriticIn 1957, the climax looked like Hollywood wish-fulfilment. Fifty years later, it still does.
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.
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.
They don't make them like that anymore. But, hang on, they just did!
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