It was 15 years ago today that the James Mangold-directed film 3:10 to Yuma—one of my all-time favorite Westerns—was released in theaters nationwide.
Russell Crowe was badass as Ben Wade...a captured outlaw who needs to be escorted by Dan Evans, a war veteran-turned rancher played by Christian Bale, as he was brought to a 3:10 afternoon train that would transport Wade to Yuma Territorial Prison in Arizona. Of course, this wasn't an easy task to do, since Wade's gang (led by his second-in-command Charlie Prince—sinisterly played by Ben Foster) was in constant pursuit of Evans' posse as Prince attempted to free his group's sharpshooting leader from government custody.
The last time I rooted for Russell Crowe to vanquish the bad buys (even though he was more of an antihero in 3:10) was as Maximus in 2000's Gladiator. And it was interesting to see Christian Bale play a post-Civil War protagonist in this movie before he donned the Batcowl again in 2008's The Dark Knight. Ben Foster himself has played a variety of roles throughout his career...such as a former convict in 2016's Hell or High Water, another—um—convict in the NBC TV comedy My Name Is Earl (2005-2009) and a U.S. Navy SEAL in 2013's Lone Survivor.
I'd watch 3:10 to Yuma again if my DVD player wasn't broken. I'm wondering when the next Western film will be released... And will it be as entertaining as James Mangold's hit movie? (I feel asleep during the first hour or so of Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight in 2015.) Carry on.
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