I saw this film this last Friday and haven't had the desire to write about it yet. Not because it's bad, it is actually very good, but because I don't think anything I say will convince anyone to see this. This is a Western and you probably already know if you like those or don't.
This isn't a post modern take, Yuma fully embraces the genre and stays within its confines. Like a lot of other great Westerns the film basically boils down to being about morals more than anything else. Sure you get pistols and horses but the movie is basically about being good or evil, with a surprising amount of gray area.
The movie contains two wonderful central performances from Russell Crowe and Christian Bale, plus a violent and intense supporting one from Ben Foster. It is filled with action but it is essential to the story and never gets in the way of the smaller, quieter moment. There is a scene towards the end of the movie where the two main characters just speak to one another in a hotel room. It is just the two men buying time and trying to figure the other one out. The way it is written and acted it is as thrilling as any of the shoot outs in the film. That is what basically makes the movie, two men alone together and trying to stay alive.
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