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Moviola > Films > 3.10 to Yuma
3.10 to Yuma (15) 117 mins"Time waits for one man" This remake of the 1957 film of the same name is more than justified with two powerfully charismatic actors on board. Russell Crowe and Christian Bale easily outgun Glenn Ford and Van Heflin, who starred in the original, as an outlaw and the rancher who volunteers to transport him to prison and trial. Struggling cattle rancher Dan Evans (Bale), who has lost a leg in the Civil War, earns the scorn of his son by failing to stand up to the company men out to grab his land. When notorious outlaw Ben Wade (Crowe) rides into town and gets himself arrested, Evans offers to deliver him to trial in return for $200. Even in the wide expanse of desert, claustrophobia builds to heart-pounding levels as Wade's gang hide in the hills determined to spring him from custody. But it's the quiet friction of two ostensibly different men and the curious kinship that develops - each one actually a little admiring of the other - that thickens the tension. "It's strongly directed, and never anything other than watchable, galloping along at a heart-racing rate." Peter Bradshaw "One way and the other, this is a fine, handsomely staged movie, as exciting and stimulating as anything I've seen this year." Philip French "It would take a heart as tough as old cowboy boots not to be moved when the clock ticks down to the time of departure." BBC-movies Showing: 04-Apr Durrington 11-Apr Crawley Last modified: 17-Apr-2008 |
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