
In Arizona in the late 1800s, infamous outlaw Ben Wade and his vicious gang of thieves and murderers have plagued the Southern Railroad. When Wade is captured, Civil War veteran Dan Evans, struggling to survive on his drought-plagued ranch, volunteers to deliver him alive to the "3:10 to Yuma", a train that will take the killer to trial.
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Sometimes all that separates a friend from an enemy is a time and place, and the difference is as thin as a sheet of paper. Or a dollar bill. Russell Crowe and Christian Bale both play interesting characters in this film, with Crowe appearing to be the more interesting of the two. Crowe plays a man caught after his latest stagecoach robbery, and Bale is the man determined to bring him to justice. At first, he’s only bringing him in for money to save his ranch, but it soon becomes about much more. The characters are more than you expect at face value. They make Crowe obvious with his pleasant demeanor and artistic tendencies. Bale is on the surface more straightforward, but I was surprised by the depth of his character in the end.