Wonderful!

Rating: 9/10 (8 October 2007)

Finally, there is a modern day Western and it's good! 3:10 to Yuma is one of the best movies I have seen in a while.
First off, the acting is simply superb. Great cast--Russell Crowe (in his second Western) is marvelous as the villain; Christian Bale is fantastic: if his career ever starts to tank, I'll call down curses from heaven; the other supporting actors who's names I can't remember except for Luke Wilson and I think Peter Fonda, all were top notch.
Second, the action was fantastic. There was a lot of space between action sequences and Bale only is involved in one firefight, but everything was well done, exciting, ACCURATE (as in nobody shot forty bullets from the same gun without reloading), and none of it was mindless gunfighting for the sake of gunfighting (true, that kind of thing can be quite entertaining in a Western, but if there's a purpose for it then it's so much better).
Also, the storyline was exceptionally deep for a Western. There is great character interaction and development driving the story along, something you don't get in your typical Western. Impressive.
Trust me, YOU WANT to see this movie. The only reason why I don't give it a ten is something that I don't want to spoil for you. See this movie!