3:10 to Yuma [Blu-ray]
starring: Christian Bale, Russell Crowe, Ben Foster, Peter Fonda
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Here's hoping James Mangold's big, raucous, and ultrabloody remake of 3:10 to Yuma leads some moviegoers to check out Delmer Daves's beautifully lean, half-century-old original. That classic Western spun a tale of captured outlaw Ben Wade (Glenn Ford)--deadly but disarmingly affable--and the small-time rancher and family man, Dan Evans (Van Heflin), desperate enough to accept the job of helping escort the badman to Yuma prison. Wade, knowing that his gang will be along at any moment to spring him, works at persuading the ultimately lone deputy to accept a bribe, turn his back on "duty," and go home safe and rich to his family. That the outlaw has come to admire his captor intriguingly complicates the suspense. All of the above applies in the new 3:10, but it takes a lot more huffing and puffing to get Wade (Russell Crowe this time) and Evans (Christian Bale) into position for the showdown. Mostly, more is less. To Mangold's credit, his movie doesn't traffic in facile irony or postmodern detachment; it aims to be a straight-up Western and deliver the excitement and charisma the genre's fans are starved for. But recognizing that contemporary viewers might be out of touch with the bedrock simplicity and strength of the genre--not to mention its code of honor--Mangold has supplied both Evans and Wade with a plethora of backstory and "motivations." At the overblown action climax, the crossfire of personal agendas is almost as frenetic as the copious gunplay. (By that point the movie has killed more people than the Lincoln County War.) Best thing about the remake is Russell Crowe's Ben Wade, a Scripture-quoting career villain with an artist's eye and a curiously principled sense of whom and when to murder. As his second-in-command, Ben Foster fairly pirouettes at every opportunity to commit mayhem, and Peter Fonda contributes a fierce portrait of an old Wade adversary turned bounty hunter for the Pinkerton detective agency. --Richard T. Jameson
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Here's hoping James Mangold's big, raucous, and ultrabloody remake of 3:10 to Yuma leads some moviegoers to check out Delmer Daves's beautifully lean, half-century-old original. That classic Western spun a tale of captured outlaw Ben Wade (Glenn Ford)--deadly but disarmingly affable--and the small-time rancher and family man, Dan Evans (Van Heflin), desperate enough to accept the job of helping escort the badman to Yuma prison. Wade, knowing that his gang will be along at any moment to spring him, works at persuading the ultimately lone deputy to accept a bribe, turn his back on "duty," and go home safe and rich to his family. That the outlaw has come to admire his captor intriguingly complicates the suspense. All of the above applies in the new 3:10, but it takes a lot more huffing and puffing to get Wade (Russell Crowe this time) and Evans (Christian Bale) into position for the showdown. Mostly, more is less. To Mangold's credit, his movie doesn't traffic in facile irony or postmodern detachment; it aims to be a straight-up Western and deliver the excitement and charisma the genre's fans are starved for. But recognizing that contemporary viewers might be out of touch with the bedrock simplicity and strength of the genre--not to mention its code of honor--Mangold has supplied both Evans and Wade with a plethora of backstory and "motivations." At the overblown action climax, the crossfire of personal agendas is almost as frenetic as the copious gunplay. (By that point the movie has killed more people than the Lincoln County War.) Best thing about the remake is Russell Crowe's Ben Wade, a Scripture-quoting career villain with an artist's eye and a curiously principled sense of whom and when to murder. As his second-in-command, Ben Foster fairly pirouettes at every opportunity to commit mayhem, and Peter Fonda contributes a fierce portrait of an old Wade adversary turned bounty hunter for the Pinkerton detective agency. --Richard T. Jameson
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- The worst western ever
Western movies are, at their best, about strong individuals who face challenges and make their own luck. The character played by Christian Bale is a girly man and it is just painful to watch this movie.
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- 3:10 to Yuma
This is not your typical western.It is character and plot driven.
With both Russell Crowe and Christian Bale, this is a powerful film with a supporting cast which blends together in a beautiful tapestry. Peter Fonda is outstanding as the aging Pinkerton Detective.
Forget about the typical good and bad guys.There are no black and white stereotypes.
In essence, this is a story of two men -Ben Wade, the desperate desperado with a heart and Dan Evans, a veteran ... Read More
Rating: - changed ending!
anyone who saw the original will be disappointed in the ending. the original had a clever and happy ending; this remake has a depressing ending! beware!
Rating: - Will they reach the trian in time?
Maybe it was the HBO series Deadwood that led to the return of the Western. Whatever the reason, it's good to see cowboys again. Here, in 3:10 to Yuma, we get to see a more realistic take of the Western that Deadwood has brought out (though the profanity and sex are greatly toned down). The grittier and edgier settings really do the trick, and the gunplay are a more believable than what we see in the old John Wayne flicks. While I still prefer Deadwood, 3:10 to Yuma is still a marvelous Western film. ... Read More
Rating: - Something to say...but what?
Russel Crow and Christian Bale in the same film tells us there will be action...hidden meaning...and tragedy. This film delivers on all 3.Westerns are getting more realistic, which is good.The Old West was dirty, brutish, and often cruel.
Ben Wade, the career criminal who, with a different set of circumstances, could have been a captain of industry/King of the World.He's a hero we don't want to see as a hero because he's on the wrong side of the law.
His antagonist is ... Read More
- The worst western everWestern movies are, at their best, about strong individuals who face challenges and make their own luck. The character played by Christian Bale is a girly man and it is just painful to watch this movie.
- 3:10 to YumaThis is not your typical western.It is character and plot driven.
With both Russell Crowe and Christian Bale, this is a powerful film with a supporting cast which blends together in a beautiful tapestry. Peter Fonda is outstanding as the aging Pinkerton Detective.
Forget about the typical good and bad guys.There are no black and white stereotypes.
In essence, this is a story of two men -Ben Wade, the desperate desperado with a heart and Dan Evans, a veteran ... Read More
- changed ending!anyone who saw the original will be disappointed in the ending. the original had a clever and happy ending; this remake has a depressing ending! beware!
- Will they reach the trian in time?Maybe it was the HBO series Deadwood that led to the return of the Western. Whatever the reason, it's good to see cowboys again. Here, in 3:10 to Yuma, we get to see a more realistic take of the Western that Deadwood has brought out (though the profanity and sex are greatly toned down). The grittier and edgier settings really do the trick, and the gunplay are a more believable than what we see in the old John Wayne flicks. While I still prefer Deadwood, 3:10 to Yuma is still a marvelous Western film. ... Read More
- Something to say...but what?Russel Crow and Christian Bale in the same film tells us there will be action...hidden meaning...and tragedy. This film delivers on all 3.Westerns are getting more realistic, which is good.The Old West was dirty, brutish, and often cruel.
Ben Wade, the career criminal who, with a different set of circumstances, could have been a captain of industry/King of the World.He's a hero we don't want to see as a hero because he's on the wrong side of the law.
His antagonist is ... Read More
