mick120359
Yes I know, it's yet another Hollywood remake, but try watching this movie without comparing it to the original.
I for one enjoyed it and I will be adding it to my "watch again" list.
The characters where good and the story line was well thought out with a couple of twists that where not in the original.
because this is a remake, the story line is a bit predictable but as I said, try not to hold that against it. there are many remakes out there that are in some cases better than the originals.
I'm not saying this version is better, but it is a good remake and well worth a watch.
btjohnson2000
Haley Bennett's performance and direction was spectacular but the plot was stupid. The cast all did a good job. The sets were simpleton. Obviously not filmed in gold country.
Gavin Purtell
'The Magnificent Seven' is perhaps an unnecessary remake - almost 56 years, to the day - but it's just as good as the original. Still the same simple premise - a Western, where a small town is being overthrown by a villain, so they hire a bunch (well, seven, to be precise!) of drifters to help them fight to save the town. It's still set in the 19th century, but the main differences are that the town's not in Mexico this time, and there's much more focus on the church (not necessarily religion).The leader this time is Chisolm (Washington), a bounty hunter (Yul Brenner's character), with Faraday (Pratt) a wise-cracking gunslinger (Steve McQueen's character), Goodnight (Hawke) a former sharpshooter, Billy (Lee) a knife-master, Vasquez (Garcia-Rulfo) the Mexican, Red Harvest (Sensmeier) the Comanche and Horne (D'Onofrio) - the best character - as the mountain man. Still no real motivation for them to help the town is given, but let's go with it anyway. Sarsgaard is good as Bogue, infusing him with plenty of contempt and no empathy. Bennett is OK, but mostly a token female character.Does what a good Western should - plenty of shoot-outs, sweeping vistas, explosions, horses riding and jumping, staring from under hat brims, and a healthy death toll! Has a few slow points in the first half, but the battle for the final 30min or so is done very well. Doesn't necessarily add to the original, but nor does it do it a disservice. A straight-down-the-line 3.5.
merelyaninnuendo
The Magnificent SevenIt takes it time to set the plot and characters and doesn't offer anything after that too; it's just a film that is stretched with the compilation of different clichéd characters and the troubles they bring with it.
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