The trailer for James Mangold’s 3:10 to Yuma has dropped, and it looks pretty sweet, all things considered. Mangold has always been a guy who values and gets great performances out of his actors, long before the success of Walk the Line. (If you doubt, rent the underrated Heavy for a look back at of the 1990s’ more interesting and unhurriedly paced independent flicks.) With Yuma — a remake of the 1957 Western starring Glenn Ford, and the story of a lowly cowhand rancher (Christian Bale) who gets caught up delivering a rakish desperado (Russell Crowe) for an appointment justice — Mangold has obviously inverted the demeanors and looks of his two protagonists, making Crowe’s Ben Wade comfortable in his own skin and Bale’s Dan Evans a reticent, small-fry guy who awakens to the idea of the sordid experience being of value as a lesson for his son (Logan Lerman). Notoriously averse to bullshit, Crowe is an actor who feeds off of matched-effort collaboration, and the extremely dedicated Bale seems like a great match.

And by the way, who would’ve figured, after 1999’s Liberty Heights, that Ben Foster would morph into a go-to guy for supporting roles as greasy, sleazy, hotheaded psychos (see Hostage, Alpha Dog, this and I believe 11:14 as well, if I recall correctly)? Strange, very strange. 3:10 to Yuma releases October 5 from Lionsgate; for the trailer, click here.