The Magnificent Seven (2016)
Denzel Washington and Chris Pratt make two of The Magnificent Seven in this remake of the classic 1960s Western from director Antoine Fuqua (Training Day). Co-stars Ethan Hawke (Boyhood), Vincent D’Onofrio (TV’s Daredevil), Byung-hun Lee (I Saw the Devil), and Peter Sarsgaard (Experimenter).
With the town of Rose Creek under the deadly control of industrialist Bartholomew Bogue (Sarsgaard), the desperate townspeople employ protection from seven outlaws, bounty hunters, gamblers and hired guns – Sam Chisolm (Washington), Josh Farraday (Pratt), Goodnight Robicheaux (Hawke), Jack Horne (D’Onofrio), Billy Rocks (Lee), Vasquez (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Cake), and Red Harvest (Martin Sensmeier, Lilin’s Brood). As they prepare the town for the violent showdown that they know is coming, these seven mercenaries find themselves fighting for more than money.
The characters in this new version are completely different to the ones played by Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach and Steve McQueen back in 1960. The original The Magnificent Seven was also a remake of Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai, which sort-of makes this one a re-remake.
- Director:
- Antoine Fuqua ('Training Day', 'The Equalizer', 'Southpaw', 'Olympus Has Fallen')
- Writer:
- John Lee HancockRichard WenkNic Pizzolatto
- Cast:
- Denzel WashingtonChris PrattEthan HawkeManuel Garcia-RulfoMartin SensmeierPeter Sarsgaard
Reviews & comments
Total Film
pressNot quite magnificent but certainly Fuqua's best since Training Day and a rare remake that actually delivers. Yee-haw!
Time Out
pressA vehicle for wall-to-wall action, and an unambiguously fond farewell to the Obama years.
The New York Times
pressThe new movie is as moth-eaten as the serapes strewn through the 1960 film, but there's no denying the appeal of the image of Mr. Washington riding a horse, shooting a Colt and leading a posse of vigilantes to save a mostly white Western town.
The Guardian
pressThere's a fine line between a slowburn and dull, and this Magnificent Seven frequently finds itself on the wrong side.
Stuff
pressYou don't "remake" a film like The Magnificent Seven by simply recreating some of the original's action scenes and adding a couple of new characters. That's just imitation.
New Zealand Herald
pressIt does, however, earn its spurs with an entertaining ensemble led by Washington, whose black bounty hunter never gets called out because of his race because clearly he's just way too cool.
Hollywood Reporter
pressNothing particularly original or fresh has been injected into this competently made, violent but uningratiating remake of the star-studded John Sturges Western, which itself was a redo of Akira Kurosawa's imperishable 1954 classic, Seven Samurai.
Empire Magazine
pressSlick but forgettable, Fuqua's suicide squad is a macho posse movie that could use a jab of fun. It's The Magnificent Seven, but the "magnificent" is silent.
I gotta admit, the first half of this was some of the most boring film I've ever watched, but after I'd fallen asleep, woken up again, grabbed something to eat, gone to the bathroom and relaxed back into my bed to sleep through the other half of the movie, I somehow found myself watching some of the best film I ever have. The characters actually started to...
A reboot which provides new charisma and western action sequences, which results in an entertaining and enjoyable tale.
For anyone who has difficulty grasping the notion of a Dead Film - the type of corporate-backed, committee-managed, inherently redundant "creative venture" that keeps grinding down audience expectations of cinema as an art-form - here's a textbook example. There is not one facet of this story that rings true even in the key of "exaggerated escapist myth"....
Reuniting the trio of Antoine Fuqua, Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke since Training Day, Magnificent Seven also features an ensemble cast including Chris Pratt and Vincent D’Onofrio. Magnificent Seven is a remake of the 1960’s movie with the same title which is also a remake of a Japanese film called Seven Samurai. Magnificent Seven tells the story of...
Does this sound familiar? In the post-Civil War American West a rapacious city slicker bullies and intimidates the population of a small town in order to acquire their land and make himself incredibly rich in the process. The under-fire townsfolk hold a church meeting to discuss their options, arguing back-and-forth over whether to abandon the town or stay...
Total Film
pressNot quite magnificent but certainly Fuqua's best since Training Day and a rare remake that actually delivers. Yee-haw!
Time Out
pressA vehicle for wall-to-wall action, and an unambiguously fond farewell to the Obama years.
The New York Times
pressThe new movie is as moth-eaten as the serapes strewn through the 1960 film, but there's no denying the appeal of the image of Mr. Washington riding a horse, shooting a Colt and leading a posse of vigilantes to save a mostly white Western town.
The Guardian
pressThere's a fine line between a slowburn and dull, and this Magnificent Seven frequently finds itself on the wrong side.
Stuff
pressYou don't "remake" a film like The Magnificent Seven by simply recreating some of the original's action scenes and adding a couple of new characters. That's just imitation.
New Zealand Herald
pressIt does, however, earn its spurs with an entertaining ensemble led by Washington, whose black bounty hunter never gets called out because of his race because clearly he's just way too cool.
Hollywood Reporter
pressNothing particularly original or fresh has been injected into this competently made, violent but uningratiating remake of the star-studded John Sturges Western, which itself was a redo of Akira Kurosawa's imperishable 1954 classic, Seven Samurai.
Empire Magazine
pressSlick but forgettable, Fuqua's suicide squad is a macho posse movie that could use a jab of fun. It's The Magnificent Seven, but the "magnificent" is silent.
I gotta admit, the first half of this was some of the most boring film I've ever watched, but after I'd fallen asleep, woken up again, grabbed something to eat, gone to the bathroom and relaxed back into my bed to sleep through the other half of the movie, I somehow found myself watching some of the best film I ever have. The characters actually started...
A reboot which provides new charisma and western action sequences, which results in an entertaining and enjoyable tale.
For anyone who has difficulty grasping the notion of a Dead Film - the type of corporate-backed, committee-managed, inherently redundant "creative venture" that keeps grinding down audience expectations of cinema as an art-form - here's a textbook example. There is not one facet of this story that rings true even in the key of "exaggerated escapist myth"....
Reuniting the trio of Antoine Fuqua, Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke since Training Day, Magnificent Seven also features an ensemble cast including Chris Pratt and Vincent D’Onofrio. Magnificent Seven is a remake of the 1960’s movie with the same title which is also a remake of a Japanese film called Seven Samurai. Magnificent Seven tells the story of...
Does this sound familiar? In the post-Civil War American West a rapacious city slicker bullies and intimidates the population of a small town in order to acquire their land and make himself incredibly rich in the process. The under-fire townsfolk hold a church meeting to discuss their options, arguing back-and-forth over whether to abandon the town or...
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