Saturday, October 27, 2007

Oct 27th
3:10 to Yuma*** (15)
Electric Palace, Harwich

A US civil war veteran struggles to keep his cattle ranch together, and therefore volunteers to escort a notorious gunman onto a train to take him to justice, under the noses of his ruthless gang members.
Another revival of the ailing Western genre, perhaps the best since Unforgiven in 1990; a remake of a 1950s cult classic with some modern trimmings but all the cliches in place, including added romantic element for Russell Crowe, and some effective Saving Private Ryan-style violence for both the opening and closing action scenes. The resolution is good, but doesn't really make much sense.

d: James Mangold.
s: Christian Bale, Russell Crowe, Peter Fonda, Gretchen Mol, Ben Foster, Logan Lerman, Dallas Roberts

Labels:

0 Comments:

Post a Comment

<< Home