This Powerful Film Will Give You A Lot To Think About

Rating: 10/10 (15 September 2007)

Wow! Finally a Western made for the adult mind! Thank you Hollywood for a job well-done!
What a delightfully complex film about motivation, relationships and values. It's about a father and a son on the verge of manhood, and another son with an illness; a bad guy who has a strong sense of self and truly knows how to lead; about a society that condones the mass murder of women and children as long as they are Native Americans but not of armed robbers stealing from what was then one of the most powerful corporations on earth - the railroad industry.
It's also about a society which tolerates racism towards hardworking Chinese laborers building the railroads; and at the same time allows working-class farmers to be brutally pushed off their land in order to make the powerful even richer. But the only real "bad" guy society is organized against is the one who steals from the rich and powerful! How incredibly convenient and ironic!
This story is also about pride, self-respect, intelligence, courage and even self-confidence. We are also confronted with senseless violence committed by evil men on one hand and the immediate need for self-defense on the other. What's worth risking your life over? Is the central question 3:10 to Yuma asks.
There's so much going on this amazing film, there's no way to absorb it all the first time around! What a breath of fresh air to watch such a clever story!