Good rebirth of a dead genre(the western) even though Mangold makes it long and drawn out it's compelling, interesting and tragic.

Rating: 7/10 (7 September 2007)

If you watch movies you know that more and more over the years the western film has slowly and certainly became a thing of the past. Here James Mangold returns to the genre some even though this is a remake it's well done, long and thoughtful and ends like many westerns tragic. It was good to have a rebirth of the genre by having star power here with Christian Bale and Russell Crowe and your typical life struggles and shootouts of the old west make the drama more compelling. Bale stars as Dan Evans a civil war wounded vet who's behind on his ranch payments needing help and hope that comes in somewhat an unexpected form. As Crowe stars as Ben Wade a rugged outlaw who robs a stagecoach, is captured by small town enforcers, so then to earn money Evans promises the law and government he will help transport Wade to the Yuma court for trial and possible prison sentence. And like all good westerns this film is about journey, shootouts, growth, and most of all it touches your emotions and shows just how life can go sometimes and turn out and like many westerns the big showdown turns out to end unexpectedly. Really a good crowd pleasing movie that interest you.