Réalisation:
James MangoldPhotographie:
Phedon PapamichaelMusique:
Marco BeltramiActeurs·trices:
Russell Crowe, Christian Bale, Logan Lerman, Dallas Roberts, Ben Foster, Peter Fonda, Vinessa Shaw, Alan Tudyk, Luce Rains, Gretchen Mol (plus)VOD (1)
Résumés(1)
Revenu blessé de la guerre de Sécession, Dan Evans a établi sa famille dans un ranch. La sécheresse a ravagé ses terres, décimé son troupeau et miné la considération que lui portent sa femme et ses enfants, en particulier son aîné Will, âgé de 14 ans. A la suite d'une attaque de diligence, le célèbre bandit Ben Wade passe par la ville de Bisbee où il est arrêté avec le concours fortuit de Evans. Recherché pour ses hold-up et ses meurtres répétés, Wade doit être convoyé vers Contention, à trois jours de cheval, pour embarquer sur un train à destination de Yuma, où se trouve le tribunal fédéral. Contre une prime qui peut sauver son ranch, Dan Evans s'engage dans l'escorte qui doit accompagner le dangereux criminel. Il est bientôt rejoint par son fils Will, fasciné par l'aura du tueur. Tandis que son gang organise son évasion, Wade engage sur le chemin de Contention un bras de fer psychologique avec ses gardiens, usant à la fois de la peur qu'il leur inspire et de la séduction qu'il exerce sur eux... (texte officiel du distributeur)
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Critiques (12)
Au début, un western luxueusement joué, qui perd peu à peu son dynamisme dans la deuxième moitié et se transforme en une fin visqueuse et trop émotionnelle qui nie non seulement la probabilité, mais aussi la rationalité saine. Dommage, vraiment dommage. Cela aurait pu être une excellente contribution au genre. Après tout, Russell Crowe conserve dans sa poche tous les classiques du western.
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Originally, I was going to remark, at the expense of some of the responses here, that to complain for the lack of humour in a classically cut western, is like mocking Schwarzenegger for never playing Hamlet. But I really didn't expect that, because the last 10 minutes almost gave me a pain in my cervical spine from shaking my head in disbelief. There was a lot of potential, though, with the fantastically believable realities of the Wild West, the impressive casting with all those unwashed, hirsute faces and two actors (Crowe and Bale) who have the personality and charisma to pull the film to its very… stupid conclusion. What takes place in the last quarter of an hour (the moral awakening of a hardened bastard, the joint escape on the train, etc.) shamefully dwarfs the previous 100 minutes of carefully constructed suspenseful narrative. Stupidity of the coarsest grain, when during the closing credits I was looking to see if the Monty Python gentlemen had contributed their scriptwriting bit to the mill, because in the genre classification here I am missing the word 'parody' next to the word 'Western'. Strong 3* for the first 100 minutes and let's leave it at that, I'm going to pretend I went to the toilet for a very long 15 minutes before the end...
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A superb renaissance of the classic American western with all the trimmings, including the genre rules (and their weaknesses), that fulfills the meaning of words like honor or principled to the max. Whoever is criticizing the ending so vehemently should watch the film again because that is exactly what the film has been heading toward all along. Crowe and Bale are traditionally delightful, and all the more surprising is Ben Foster's cold-blooded butcher. Mangold has made arguably the best western since the early millennium.
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After a long time, a film where Bale's integrity did not upset me, probably because it was perfectly matched by the integrity of Russell Crowe. But how do you make a film where a good farmer and an evil outlaw stand against each other while maintaining integrity on both sides? Unfortunately, it is not without a certain awkwardness and playing for effect (especially in the end), but otherwise Mangold directed a stylish, raw and attractive genre spectacle. Moreover, sympathetically bearded, sweaty and old-fashioned.
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I think the only thing I’ve watched less than western is Japanese anime, so I can’t evaluate this film objectively within the genre, but what I can say is that, up until a certain moment, I was so immersed that I was considering the highest rating, mostly thanks to the performances of the trio Crowe, Foster, and Bale. But that ending! It’s the biggest WTF I’ve seen in a long time. From the moment of the dialogue in the hotel room, when I first realised where things were heading, I hoped that it would turn out differently. Unfortunately, it didn’t and Yuma lost all its credibility and seriousness, which brought the rating to an average three stars. It’s a shame.
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