3:10 to Yuma Review

Rating: 5/10 (18 March 2016)

I wouldn't call this movie a total mess because I really enjoyed certain elements of it but I really hated a lot of other things. First of all, I really liked Christian Bale and Russell Crowe in this, especially Crowe. I thought his character was very interesting and had a lot of depth and Russell Crowe does a pretty good job. The parts I enjoyed the most about the movie was some of the banter between Crowe and Bale.
The main problem I have with the movie is the script and some if not most of the dialogue. It felt very clunky at times, like they were trying too hard to get the Western dialogue going on but a lot of it didn't work. Speaking of the dialogue, there were was just too much expository dialogue in the film and very little was actually explained through actions. Some of the things the characters did were just retarded and stupid. Some things in the movie make no sense whatsoever and the characters aren't fleshed out enough for us to care. Except perhaps for Bale and Crowe, every other character in the film was like a cardboard cutout, with no layers to them.
I thought most of the directing and cinematography was serviceable, but nothing spectacular either. There was nothing really memorable in the movie for me I just liked the confrontation between Bale and Russell Crowe but that's pretty much the only thing I enjoyed about the film. Not a terrible movie, but considering the talented cast it should have been better. Also, the movie felt an hour longer than it actually was.