 3:10
TO
YUMA
With
Christian
Bale,
Russell
Crowe,
Peter
Fonda,
Vinessa
Shaw,
Logan
Lerman,
Ben
Foster,
Alan
Tudyk,
Gretchen
Mol
Written
by
Halsted
Welles
&
Michael
Brandt
Directed
by
James
Mangold
Since
Clint
Eastwood’s
Unforgiven
had
the
popularity
of
the
Western
in
an
upswing,
it
has
dwindled
yet
again.
With
3:10
To
Yuma
(based
on
Elmore
Leonard’s
short
story),
director
James
Mangold
(Copland)
returns
to
the
familiar
dusty
settings
on
which
much
of
American
cinema
was
built.
With
a
great
cast
and
a
simple,
but
dramatically
involving
tale
(with
quite
a
bit
of
action)
the
filmmakers
add
yet
another
entry
to
this
vast
genre.
A
one-legged,
down-on-his-luck
farmer
stands
to
lose
his
land
when
the
railway
linking
the
Atlantic
and
the
Pacific
is
about
to
cut
through
his
territory.
A
notorious
bank-
and
train
robber
is
captured,
and
the
desperate
farmer
joins
the
posse
in
the
service
of
the
men
driving
him
off
his
land
to
get
the
criminal
to
jail
–
for
a
sum
of
money
he
desperately
needs
to
keep
his
farm.
With
a
son
looking
down
on
him
for
not
reacting
against
his
aggressors,
and
the
relationship
between
him
and
the
robber
playing
off
each
other,
his
personality
and
past
slowly
exposes
the
real
man.
3:10
To
Yuma
(referring
to
the
train
the
men
need
to
reach
with
their
convict)
was
first
made
in
1957.
The
pristine
Blu-ray
transfer
gives
life
to
the
arid
landscape,
the
fantastic
sound
set
to
make
even
dodgy
TV
speakers
sound
great
as
horses
thunder
and
bullets
ricochet.
Besides
commentary
tracks,
extra
features
cover
an
entire
range
of
featurettes,
from
the
making-of
elements,
a
look
at
the
weapons,
the
soundtrack,
as
well
as
historical
glimpses
at
the
time
period,
the
post
civil
war
climate,
real
life
outlaws,
the
connecting
of
the
two
oceans
via
a
railroad
and
a
whole
lot
more.
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/
C
-
Paul
Blom
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