Yu Ma want to skip this one .....

Rating: 2/10 (26 April 2017)

3:10 to Yuma is an awful film. Something that I cannot believe the likes of Crowe / Bale / Mangold ever got involved in. I mean - did they even read the script beforehand? It makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. The amount of unbelievable situations this flick throws up is ....how can I say it? Unbelievable!!!!
Here's just a quick flavour of what's wrong in this picture: - Peter Fonda's character gets gut shot at point blank range, carried into town on a horse, operated on by a vet and still leads a posse to track Crowe the very next day. Or it could even have been the same day !! - Crowe is a master criminal- so smart he's robbed the railroad umpteen times but instead of heading to Mexico with his gang he waits around for the Marshall's to capture him - even having a drink with Bale as he waits. - Bale got his foot blown off in the Civil War and hobbles most of the time - yet is able to run and jump in the dramatic conclusion like Usain Bolt. - Crowe is supposed to be a psycho yet runs with Bale trying to avoid his own men from setting him free. He must have had a 1000 chances to run the other way and escape.
I cannot go on as I would literally bust the 1000 word review limit on IMDb just simply pointing out the ridiculous premise of this movie. No wonder Cruise turned it down. He probably thought it was a joke. He was right.
The acting is pretty good - Crowe is quiet and simmering even though he has an unplayable part in my view. His character simply has no logic to him. Bale is brooding and excellent as always - but again, his character makes some decisions that cannot be explained. Idiotic is too kind a word. Foster is eating the scenery as usual - but also good in his over the top way. The direction is OK, cinematography fine. It's just the story line, premise, screenplay that literally makes no sense scene after scene, page after page until the end that has to be watched to be disbelieved. Or better still - don't watch it.
Skip the 3:10 guys and hope there's a better train behind it. 2/10 - Awful.