3:10 To Yuma

This is a remake of the 1957 classic. Watch both. Either way you can't go wrong.

Gripping, suspenseful western from 2007 directed by James Mangold and starring Christian Bale and Russell Crowe.

Poor, disbled farmer takes on the task of taking a muderer to a far off town to put him on a train to prison while the bad guy's gang tries to intercept them.

Both stars turn in great performances...Crowe is a bad guy you can't help but like. That is the probelm Bale faces as Crowe tries to psych him out along the way.

I had a couple problems with the ease in which Crowe gets the upper hand, but all in all a taut thriller with spurts of well shot action.

Both films, this one and the original from 1957, are well done action adventures with a psychological overtones.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0381849/

Master and Commander - The Far Side of the World

I love sea epics...grew up on Captain Horatio Hornblower books. So this one appealed to me.

Russell Crowe stars in this 2003 adventure directed by Peter Weir.

A captain during the Napoleonic Wars places his crew in harm's way as he pursues the enemy at all costs.

Good action adventure that won two Oscars. I thought it was ripe for a sequel, but that hasn't happened yet. Too bad.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0311113/