Movie Review: “3:10 to Yuma”

This is a remake of the 1957 classic western of the same name. Dan Evans, a crippled Union Army veteran trying to survive bad times as a rancher in Arizona, is pitted against Ben Wade, a sophisticated sociopath outlaw who must be escorted to a train station in Yuma, AZ. In the course of their travels, Dan and Ben build an unlikely bond. Both Dan and Ben make sacrifices in the end in an attempt to redeem both their characters and situations. If not for the salty language, it would have earned a PG-13 rating. Christian Bale (Dan Evans) and Russell Crowe (Ben Wade) gave masterful, powerful performances. Peter Fonda and Luke Wilson made cameo appearances.