Finally I decided to try seeing a Western that I let cover with dust and cobwebs, why? I do not know, sometimes I just delay a film for a long time, and then I just forget that it's there, to finally rediscover it a long time later, and that's what happened with 3:10 to Yuma. I saw it and I said to myself: a western starring Crowe, Bale and Ben Foster and I have not seen it yet, why? and since I did not have an acceptable answer, I had to see it.
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Year: 2007
Category: Western.
Director: James Mangold.
Cast: Russell Crowe, Christian Bale, Peter Fonda, Gretchen Mol, Ben Foster, Dallas Roberts, Alan Tudyk, Vinessa Shaw, Logan Lerman.
Plot
Dan Evans, a rancher who is in a very critical economic situation, agrees to help take Ben Wade, an outlaw, to Contention, where he will be transferred in the 3:10 afternoon train to the Yuma Territorial Prison.
Opinion
Dan Evans, a rancher and Civil War veteran, is threatened by Glen Hollander's men, to whom he owes money, they set fire to his barn and warn him that the house will be next if he does not pay the debt. Dan along with his two sons William and Mark decides to go find the herd lost the next morning and on the way they will cross with Ben Wade and his gang, a famous and dangerous outlaw, who used their herd to block a stagecoach they wished to assault.
Once Ben's gang retires Dan decides to help the only survivor of the assault, Byron McElroy, and gives it to Doc Potter, then go to the town to negotiate with Hollander, who rejects him, so Dan enraged by the treatment received looks for him in the tavern to confront him, however, who gets there is Ben Wade, which he decides to delay for a few minutes so they can ambush him. Finally Ben is caught, and Grayson Butterfield, the railroad's representative, decides to hire the services of the Hollander's men and Dan Evans to deliver Ben Wade to the Contention, where he will be transferred on the 3:10 afternoon train to the Yuma Territorial Prison.
The direction work by James Mangold, known for directing films like The Wolverine and Logan, is a very good job, the film has the rhythm of a western, also the images he decides to put on the screen are very well made. Although the script is not bad I think it falters at times, especially at certain times where some characters perform some actions that seem a bit incoherent.
The performance work is very good, as is to be expected, the quality of the actors in the film is very high, starting with its three main characters, Russell Crowe, Christian Bale and Ben Foster, they are the ones who carry all the weight of the film, it is their performances which really allow us to understand the characters, because what is set in the script is not enough, thanks to the personality and charisma that they transfer to their characters everything that we see on screen becomes coherent, otherwise the task would be impossible, and the movie would be of a much lower level.
It is a film that entertains the viewer for 122 minutes, with a good image, however, some aspects on the development of the story personally I did not like too much, even so, still is a fairly acceptable film.
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Score
7/10
It is a film with excellent direction, an acceptable script although not perfect, and very good performances, it is not a film that has to be seen necessarily, but it serves as an element of accurate entertainment.
