Fuqua delivers the quick-fire gunplay and respects his source material he just can't match the epic romanticism or magnificence of that enduring 1960 classic. This 2016 American Western action film, directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by Nic Pizzolatto and Richard Wenk, is a remake of the classic 1960 film of the same name (itself a Foreign Remake of Seven Samurai ). A 2-hour exercise in reminding me of not one, but two vastly superior films.
Decent action films seem to be Antoine Fuquas specialty. There are also a fair amount of laughs to be had. Primarily 'Psycho', 'The Wicker Man', 'Rollerball', 'Ghostbusters' and 'Stepford Wives'. Director Antoine Fuqua brings his modern vision to a classic story in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures’ and Columbia Pictures’ The Magnificent Seven. Its a fun film thanks to its all-star cast and several solid action set pieces. A remake of a great film that is a remake of an even greater film (Akira Kurosawa's 'Seven Samurai'), there are worse remakes out there than 2016's 'The Magnificent Seven'.
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Never mind the fact that Sturges's film had a superstar cast in Brynner, McQueen, Coburn and co, the script was a belter awash with quotable lines and Elmer Bernstein's rousing score is one of Hollywood's best. 'The Magnificent Seven' turned out to be an unnecessary remake, but entertained a lot, the cast, history and western atmosphere that drove was very good but felt that as a new movie and not remake, because it does not meet those requirements, but because you can do, its an enjoyable movie. TIFF 2016 Film 3 The Magnificent Seven is pretty much exactly what I expected. Washington is his usual charismatic self and his scenes with Hawke (as a fellow Civil War veteran) provide much-needed substance. Joining forces are a black-clad gunslinger (Denzel Washington), a wise-ass gambler (Chris Pratt), a sharpshooter (Ethan Hawke), a knife-throwing assassin (Lee Byung-hun) and a burly tracker (Vincent D'Onofrio), wryly described as "a bear wearing people's clothes". Here, however, it's not Mexican peons and bandits, but a small town of settlers under siege from a vicious land baron (played with dead-eyed intensity by Peter Sarsgaard) and his army of mercenaries that forces Haley Bennett's tough young widow to find men with the right stuff. The premise is the same: seven hombres with deadly skills come to the aid of a community bothered by bad guys.
Director Antoine Fuqua gives John Sturges's classic an action injection for the 21st century.
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