Directed by:
Antoine FuquaCinematography:
Mauro FioreCast:
Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, Byeong-heon Lee, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Martin Sensmeier, Haley Bennett, Peter Sarsgaard (more)VOD (2)
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With the town of Rose Creek under the deadly control of industrialist Bartholomew Bogue (Peter Sarsgaard), the desperate townspeople 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. (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM))
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Although the original is a film of my youth, I was very pleased with the remake and can declare it a success! The Magnificent Seven is my very first movie in the cinema without any subtitle support, so I might have missed some of the jokes, but I still enjoyed it to the max. The cast is excellent, with the best being Denzel Washington, who enjoys the role to the hilt, he is natural and looks like he was born in Western, his ultimate mode in the finale is a joy to watch. Chris Pratt is a decent second to him, he is definitely a new star, a likable man guy full of charisma who entertains the audience with his humour and magic (we will see a lot more interesting things from him in the future). I personally enjoyed Byeong-heon Lee, he warmed my Asian heart with his knife tricks, which again was a joy to watch. Ethan Hawke and Vincent D'Onofrio didn't shine too much. In terms of action, there are only two major set-pieces, with the final one being perhaps half an hour long and the biggest roar in the wild west we've ever seen. Very intense, explosive, suspenseful, loud and emotional! I found the original better in story building and character introduction, but here the action was more polished and the visuals more stylish (which makes sense). I recommend it. Story 6/10, Atmosphere 9/10, Gore 3/10, Visuals 9/10, Action 10/10, Suspense 8/10, Humor 6/10. Entertainment 8/10, Scares 0/10. 85%.
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A decent and restrained remake of an immortal classic for today's times, bigger, noisier and more ethnically colourful, i.e. politically correct in the way that is befitting and appropriate in every other great film today. Washington pulls it off by walking, looking, and occasionally tossing in a morsel of wisdom, Pratt pulls it off by making wisecracks, and D'Onofrio plays the bear. The rest are essentially extras, which is a shame in the case of Hawke. It should be noted that the execution is also interesting. It’s top-notch, of course, with a fairly weird mix of classic, almost absurd shootout scenes where the good guys shoot in all directions and the bad guys fall like flies, plus well-shot fights mostly with bows, knives, etc. If it was R-rated with more catchphrases, it would have been exactly what everyone wants these days. But Fuqua had too much respect for the original and in his delivery it is both good and bad.
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I'm not for banning anything; creators should have freedom as long as they're not infringing on anyone's rights, but making remakes of films like The Magnificent Seven, especially a film that is itself a remake, is just odd. The new film absolutely lacks any atmosphere; I didn't get a sense of the Wild West or get closer to the characters at all. Points are only awarded for the shootouts, which, on the other hand, are absolutely fantastic.
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The Equalizer times seven. Fuqua doesn't show off that much, and so he only pulls a truly sovereign treat out of his sleeve once. The rest of it is standard action routine that's hidden far below his directorial standards, making the central seven whine even more in their uninterestingness, where about 1.5 charisma works in the flatness of the coffin planks. I've managed to miss out on the original for years, so I was expecting more of a B-action orgy in a Wild West setting than a major creative comparison, but the rescue of the White House chief worked more sovereignly.
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Condemning it because of nostalgia or resistance to correctness is, of course, stupid. The film has problems elsewhere. The cast is strong, but Fuqua doesn't get much out of it, especially in the first half, just a demonstration of photogenic faces and poses. Things come to light in the final battle, and until then, sometimes a one-liner here and there sparkles, which Nic Pizzolatto knows how to write. The last third is a pleasant old-school battle with a good pace and quite pleasantly chosen deaths in the group. The problem of The Magnificent Seven is precisely that they are somehow indecisively straddled between a classic western and a buddy action film with a more modern style. When in the end there is a "Technicolor" palette with tombs and the notorious melody of Elmer Bernstein, it feels completely false. The golden age of the western is gone and this group rather swiftly passed it by. Which, given its composition, is actually too little. Sympathetic ***
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