Netflix Top 100 - 28. - 3:10 To Yuma

Jesus, we can't even make good remakes anymore.  Actually, this one wasn't that bad.  But why do we have to keep rehashing old movies.  Based on the original film with Glenn Ford and Van Heflin, this remake stars a pair of Australian actors as American cowboys.  WTF?
Christian Bale portrays a rancher, Daniel Evans, a good man who just wants to keep his ranch and his family together.  He takes his son into town on an errand and witnesses a robbery by the notorious Ben Wade (Russell Crowe) and his gang.  Wade is apprehended shortly thereafter and Evans in need of money, enlists as part of the posse to help get Wade to a train in Yuma by 3:10. 

The posse is assaulted by Indians and Wade's gang and all the while Wade is trying to mess with Evans psychologically.  Evans has problems of his own, with his son William being an admire of outlaws like Wade.  The action scenes are good in this movie as are the performances, but I just felt they could have done a little more with the writing.  It's a decent film, but just not worth of the stars who put in good performances here.  It's no Tombstone but it's not bad.  Queue it, if you like Westerns