It Surprised Me...A Really Good Film...

Rating: 8/10 (21 January 2009)

Russell Crowe is a very good actor, and Christian Bale is probably my favourite actor overall. Yet, I still found myself surprised at how good this film was, compared to my expectations before I watched it.
The storyline is rather simple and straightforward - get Russell Crowe onto the train to Yuma for 15:10. Fair enough. But the journey undertaken, and the characters on the journey really make this film what it is. It is exciting, thrilling, entertaining and at times, rather moving.
Overall, this is a very good film, and one of the best Westerns I have ever seen. Bale and Crowe light up the screen with A-star quality throughout, as we are taught that some bad people aren't all that bad.