Director James Mangold, who hit his stride with the Johnny Cash biopic WALK THE LINE, delivers another solid punch with this hard-edged and marvelously acted remake of Delmar Daves' classic 1957 western.
Three years after losing his leg defending the nation's capital from the advancing Confederate troops, Civil War veteran Dan Evans (Christian Bale) is about to lose his drought-stricken Arizona ranch to the ruthless and ever-expanding Southern Pacific Railroad. Tucker (Kevin Durand), a thug in the employ of local businessman Glen Hollander (Lennie Loftin), has just burned down Evans' barn, and if he doesn't come up with the money he owes Hollander on the pr...
Released:
2007
Rated:
R
Length:
117 mins