3:10 to Yuma
Small-time family man and rancher, Dan Evans (Christian Bale), agrees to hold a captured outlaw (big bad Russell Crowe) who is awaiting a train to go to court in Yuma. Desperate for the money, Dan is putting his life on the line - threatened with his life by the outlaw’s gang. A psychological battle begins when the criminal offers financial reward and safety if Evans releases him.
- Director:
- James Mangold ('Walk The Line', 'Girl, Interrupted')
- Writer:
- Halstead WellesMichael Brandt
- Cast:
- Russell CroweChristian BaleBen FosterGretchen MolAlan TudykPeter Fonda
Reviews & comments
Flicks, Andrew Hedley
flicksIn this remake of a 1957 western, a small-time family man and rancher, Dan Evans (Christian Bale), agrees to hold captured outlaw Ben Wade (Russell Crowe) as he awaits the 3:10 train to go to court in Yuma. Desperate for the money, Dan is putting his life on the line - threatened with his life by the outlaw’s gang, who are in hot pursuit.
Roger Ebert
pressJames Mangold's 3:10 to Yuma restores the wounded heart of the Western and rescues it from the morass of pointless violence...
Premiere Magazine
pressIn the battle of the leading men, Crowe's character has a slight edge, and the actor really makes the most of it, showing us how boyishly mischievous charm and utter venality can exist without seeming contradiction in the same being. But Bale builds to a pretty impressive boil himself after laying back for about three quarters of the film...
New Zealand Herald
pressRemake of a classic is packed with action and good performances but lacks subtlety and nuance.
Newshub
pressThis isn't Sergio Leone but was a far better watch than I had expected, and I left the cinema feeling quite replete.
Hollywood Reporter
pressA largely compelling ride on the strength of a powerful cast led by Russell Crowe and Christian Bale...
Film Threat
pressMangold has time to build sensational, studied characterizations, brilliant pacing (courtesy Mike McCuster, who also edited the director’s previous effort, the Johnny Cash biopic “Walk the Line”), and blistering action...
Christchurch Press
press3:10 to Yuma is a stylish remake of a 50-year-old cowboy film, making this a murderously modern, yet satisfyingly old-fashioned, western.
Flicks, Andrew Hedley
flicksIn this remake of a 1957 western, a small-time family man and rancher, Dan Evans (Christian Bale), agrees to hold captured outlaw Ben Wade (Russell Crowe) as he awaits the 3:10 train to go to court in Yuma. Desperate for the money, Dan is putting his life on the line - threatened with his life by the outlaw’s gang, who are in hot pursuit.
Roger Ebert
pressJames Mangold's 3:10 to Yuma restores the wounded heart of the Western and rescues it from the morass of pointless violence...
Premiere Magazine
pressIn the battle of the leading men, Crowe's character has a slight edge, and the actor really makes the most of it, showing us how boyishly mischievous charm and utter venality can exist without seeming contradiction in the same being. But Bale builds to a pretty impressive boil himself after laying back for about three quarters of the film...
New Zealand Herald
pressRemake of a classic is packed with action and good performances but lacks subtlety and nuance.
Newshub
pressThis isn't Sergio Leone but was a far better watch than I had expected, and I left the cinema feeling quite replete.
Hollywood Reporter
pressA largely compelling ride on the strength of a powerful cast led by Russell Crowe and Christian Bale...
Film Threat
pressMangold has time to build sensational, studied characterizations, brilliant pacing (courtesy Mike McCuster, who also edited the director’s previous effort, the Johnny Cash biopic “Walk the Line”), and blistering action...
Christchurch Press
press3:10 to Yuma is a stylish remake of a 50-year-old cowboy film, making this a murderously modern, yet satisfyingly old-fashioned, western.
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