Remaking it right

“3:10 to Yuma” (2007)

Further confirming that a vast improvement in the level of acting can be justification enough for a remake, the recently released Western finds Christian Bale and Russell Crowe as, respectively, a financially ailing rancher and the murderous thief he’s pledged to put on the titular jail-bound train. Greater character depth and a more mythic conclusion are also improvements over the 1957 original, but this is really a showcase for two top-of-their-game stars.