Thursday, December 27, 2007

3:10 to Yuma (2007)

Kello 15.10 lähtö Yumaan / 3:10 to Yuma (Swedish title). US (c) 2007 Relativity Media. D: James Mangold. SC: Halsted Welles, Michael Brandt, Derek Haas - based on a short story by Elmore Leonard. Starring Russell Crowe (Ben Wade), Christian Bale (Dan Evans), Logan Lerman (William Evans), Dallas Roberts (Grayson Butterfield), Ben Foster (Charlie Prince), Peter Fonda (Byron McElroy), Vinessa Shaw (Emmy Nelson), Alan Tudyk (Doc Potter), Luce Rains (Marshal Weathers), Gretchen Mol (Alice Evans). Released in Finland by FS Film, Finnish /Swedish subtitles by ... and Joanna Erkkilä. 125 min. 35mm print from a digital intermediate, mediocre visual quality. Viewed 27 Dec 2007 at Kinopalatsi 8, Helsinki. High profile remake of the Delmer Daves 1957 western with Glenn Ford and Van Heflin. This is quite a tough film, developing some of the oldest Western film themes that were already present in William S. Hart's "soul fights". The script is expanded with violent confrontations in Indian territory and on railway construction site. It's carried by the actors, who are good, including the supporting parts. The impact is weakened by excessive killing.

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