Starring: Russell Crowe, Christian Bale, Peter Fonda, Gretchen Mol
Directed by James Mangold
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I am not a huge fan of Westerns &I have never seen the original version of this film. So no comparison w.r.t. old one.
Coming to movie, the story is about two exactly opposite men, the first of whom is Dan Evans, played by Christian Bale, a handicapped former whose ranch is being strangled by local business men. The second one is an arrogant ruthless outlaw leader Ben Wade, played by Russell Crowe. Movie begins with Wade leading an attack on a heavily armed stagecoach & killing almost all of them & robbing the money & Evan watches the whole thing. Very soon reckless Wade is easily captured & a plan is to move him to a nearby railroad town and send him to Yuma against Wade's gang. Evans offers his help to move Wade to the nearby railroad town for much need cash. Rest of the movie revolves around whether wade was sent to Yuma or not. Solid premise for complex cowboy movie & great performance by Christian Bale and Russell Crowe & good dialogs, score and excellent job by cinematographer & costume designer. Ending was pretty complex & satisfactory. I have couple questions on ending theories. Whatever it is solid picture with “Do the right thing” message. I am hoping that this movie will get couple of Oscar nominations.
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