If there is one thing that I like more than an action movie, it’s a western. And 3:10 to Yuma is by far one of the best westerns I have ever seen. The acting was great, the story line was fantastic, and the complex outlaw Ben Wade was played brilliantly by Russell Crowe. Christian Bale had an equally impressive performance as Dan Evans, a veteran of the Civil War who lost one of his legs in battle.
After increasing hardship for Evans family, he agrees to help take Ben Wade, a ruthless killer to jail in Yuma. Unfortunately Ben Wade is a legendary outlaw with a highly skilled gang that won’t let Evans take Wade on the 3:10 train to Yuma without a fight. As the movie goes on you begin to see two sides of Ben Wade, the ruthless killer who shows no remorse and the more forgiving man who doesn’t want anything to happen to people who don’t deserve it. But in Ben Wade’s eyes more people deserve to die than most people would see fit.
What is amazing about this movie was the way they captured the Wild West and mans inner struggle to see justice in a land of lawlessness and greed. Amongst this greed is the saint Dan Evens whose only reason for being out west is so that his youngest son can live comfortably with his illness, and the only reason he took the Job was because he was tired of seeing his family suffer.
If you love westerns then this movie will probably be the best movie you have seen in a while, it just extremely well done, and it is full of exciting shootouts and lots of action.
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