The Magnificent Seven

2016 • 132 minutes

About this movie

Director Antoine Fuqua brings his modern vision to a classic story in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures’ and Columbia Pictures’ The Magnificent Seven. With the town of Rose Creek under the deadly control of industrialist Bartholomew Bogue (Peter Sarsgaard), the desperate townspeople, led by Emma Cullen (Haley Bennett), employ protection from seven outlaws, bounty hunters, gamblers and hired guns – Sam Chisolm (Denzel Washington), Josh Farraday (Chris Pratt), Goodnight Robicheaux (Ethan Hawke), Jack Horne (Vincent D’Onofrio), Billy Rocks (Byung-Hun Lee), Vasquez (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo), and Red Harvest (Martin Sensmeier). As they prepare the town for the violent showdown that they know is coming, these seven mercenaries find themselves fighting for more than money.

Ratings and reviews

A couple of one liners and not much else to like besides some long shots of scenery. Perhaps the most linear plot of any movie in recent memory, the 7 are a team assembled with fleeting rationale. Despite their differences, each member plods merrily along to their own ending, offering no interesting interactions between or development within. themselves, and the deliberate pacing offers no thrills. Even as a popcorn flick, it falls short.

I was really excited for this movie. Great actors, great settings. The first blunder was they failed to give the antagonist much of a personality (he killed people so he must be the bad guy). The second blunder they failed to give the protagonist any background as well (they never make you actually like the character like when the town said so what makes you in charge I thought the same). The action scenes weren't even that great. I am sooo sad I was really looking forward to it.

I can't put my finger on exactly what this movie is missing. I think maybe it is character motivation. In the original 7 samurai there is the same amount of character development, which is close to none, but they spend so much more time and effort explaining the samurai's motivation. The farmers had to survive on millet while saving rice to offer the samurai. And tons of samurai in the movie refused to fight for rice as a payment. Here every gunfighter couldnt wait to give his life for no real reason