Fantastic

Rating: 9/10 (24 August 2008)

I watched this film on sky a couple of days ago and to be honest, it is one of the best films i have seen in a long time. The story takes place around criminal and train robber Ben Wade (Russell Crowe), who is caught in the act and has to be transferred to the town of Contention to catch the 3:10 to Yuma prison train. He is transferred by a convoy of people, including Dan Evans (Christian Bale), his teenage son William (Logan Lerman) and a handful of others.
The films plot line takes them on paths of self discovery, which shows a more emotional side to the western, as well as some old fashioned gun slinging with rival tribes and railway engineers, making the film action packed and very dramatic.
To me though, it is 16 year old Logan Lerman who definitely steals the show from the Hollywood heavyweights such as Russell Crowe, Christian Bale and Peter Fonda to emerge as this fantastic young talent, who's character William comes of age in the film, and see's his father whom he never aspired to, turn from being a lowlife to a hero.
The film is very good, and cinematography of the film is incredible, and it definitely brings back the days of the old western to a moder glory.