3:10 and all is well, DAMN WELL!

Rating: 8/10 (7 September 2007)

When a western is made, it seems a wind blows by carrying whispers of discontent and doubt. Words you hear will be like, "Why?", "Who cares?", "So what?", etc.
In my mind, any doubt was definitely blown away. What a great movie! It is not that I like westerns, but I love good movies. As movies go, this western will go down as one of the best made.
Why great? Bale and Crowe for one thing. These two fantastic actors got a chance to show their stuff and spared no bullets in the process. The chemistry worked as good as any chemistry can. Everyone worked as well together as expected from any great movie. Well enough that you may want to take your favorite hanky.
You get the best of good and the best of evil. The writing was done well enough to make good and evil become like a dust storm clouding the obvious.
The type of action you get is not going to surprise you at all - it's what all westerns are made with. But the way that it is done is hard to match. I never saw the original version so I cannot compare this to that. But when it comes to violence and action you can compare this to any of the best westerns out there.
I give it 8 out of 10 and will definitely see this one again.