The Magnificent Seven is a 2016 American western action film directed by Antoine Fuqua, and written by Nic Pizzolatto and Richard Wenk. A remake of the 1960 western film of the same name, which in turn was a remake of the 1954 Japanese film Seven Samurai, the film stars Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D’Onofrio, Lee Byung-hun, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Martin Sensmeier, Haley Bennett and Peter Sarsgaard.
Movie Details :
- Directed by : Antoine Fuqua
- Produced by : Roger Birnbaum, Todd Black
- Screenplay by : Nic Pizzolatto, Richard Wenk
- Based on : Seven Samurai by Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni
- Starring : Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D’Onofrio, Byung-hun Lee, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Martin Sensmeier, Haley Bennett, Peter Sarsgaard
- Music by : James Horner, Simon Franglen
- Cinematography : Mauro Fiore
- Edited by : John Refoua
- Production companies : LStar Capital, Village Roadshow Pictures, Pin High Productions, Escape Artists
- Distributed by : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Columbia Pictures
Premise :
Set in the 1870s shortly after the Civil War, as the town of Rose Creek is put under the siege of industrialist Bartholomew Bogue, the residents enlist the help of seven outlaws, a bounty hunter Sam Chisolm, a gambler Josh Faraday, a sharpshooter Goodnight Robicheaux, a tracker Jack Horne, an assassin Billy Rocks, a Mexican outlaw Vasquez, and a Comanche warrior Red Harvest, to protect them while they prepare for the anticipated violent confrontation. However, upon meeting the town’s residents, the Seven find themselves fighting for much more than money.
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The Magnificent Seven (2016) Hollywood Movie Review By The Verge
Wrapping all of that up in a popcorn-friendly blockbuster that will no doubt play to the masses is no easy feat, and it’s a reminder that movies don’t just entertain. They can inform. They can smuggle in new ideas, and set new expectations. If that’s the kind of thing that can be achieved by remaking classic old movies, I’m all for it.
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The Magnificent Seven (2016) Hollywood Movie Review By Variety
Fuqua is trying for John Ford meets Sergio Leone: a funky classical sweep, with room for delirious shootouts. The trouble is that he mimics the trademarks of those directors without their élan, and the plot that was once catchy is now rote.
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The Magnificent Seven (2016) Hollywood Movie Review By The Guardian
There’s a fine line between a slowburn and dull, and this Magnificent Seven frequently finds itself on the wrong side.
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Rating : 3/5
The Magnificent Seven (2016) Hollywood Movie Review By Empire
Slick 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.
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Rating : 2/5
The Magnificent Seven (2016) Hollywood Movie Review By Roger Ebert
For some people, just getting this particular group of ragtag heroes together will be enough. And, to be fair, we may see films with this structure, but we don’t get star-powered westerns very often any more. The star power, especially with scene-stealers like Pratt and Hawke, can be blinding enough that genre fans won’t see the wasted potential. They just forgot to take advantage of it.
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Rating : 2/5
The Magnificent Seven (2016) Hollywood Movie Review By TheWrap
If remaking westerns is what it takes to get westerns made, then this “The Magnificent Seven” — which thankfully doesn’t forget to tip its 10-gallon to Elmer Bernstein’s famous score — will do for now until somebody else gets in the saddle. There’s certainly enough verve, and love for the genre, to help one get past its trouble spots, but you can’t help feeling the mercenary thinking behind rehashing this mercenary yarn.
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The Magnificent Seven (2016) Hollywood Movie Review By The Hollywood Reporter
Except for the fact that virtually every shot, chop or stab the good guys make hits its mark to make the bad guys quickly drop like toy soldiers, the climactic showdown delivers what it needs to action-wise, leading to a satisfactory wrap-up.
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The Magnificent Seven (2016) Hollywood Movie Review
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