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Rating: 10/10 (11 January 2011)

3:10 to Yuma is one of those movies that are trying to make the western genre popular again in Hollywood. I think they got popular again with the recent success of the Coen's True Grit. I am not a big fan of westerns but I did enjoy Dance with the Wolves greatly.
This movie is a remake of the western that came out fifty years prior. it's about a poor rancher who wants to bring a murderous outlaw to justice by transporting him to a train that will take him to prison. But he will face many dangerous factors along the way.
The acting is perfect. Russell Crowe is a great actor and he continues his line of excellent work. The same goes along for Christian Bale. I haven't seen a movie of his that I hated.
The music by Beltrami is great. I see why it was nominated for an Academy Award. Even though this is a western and reminds me of the older westerns, there is enough sense of modernism here to make it seem new. I rate this film 10/10.