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Denzel Washington | ... | ||
Chris Pratt | ... | ||
Ethan Hawke | ... | ||
Vincent D'Onofrio | ... | ||
Byung-hun Lee | ... | ||
Manuel Garcia-Rulfo | ... | ||
Martin Sensmeier | ... | ||
Haley Bennett | ... |
Emma Cullen
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Peter Sarsgaard | ... | ||
Luke Grimes | ... |
Teddy Q
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Matt Bomer | ... |
Matthew Cullen
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Jonathan Joss | ... |
Denali
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Cam Gigandet | ... |
McCann
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Emil Beheshti | ... |
Maxwell
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Mark Ashworth | ... |
Preacher
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Director Antoine Fuqua brings his modern vision to a classic story in The Magnificent Seven. With the town of Rose Creek under the deadly control of industrialist Bartholomew Bogue, the desperate townspeople employ protection from seven outlaws, bounty hunters, gamblers and hired guns. As they prepare the town for the violent showdown that they know is coming, these seven mercenaries find themselves fighting for more than money.
Character development - minimal, at best. I felt no connection with any of the characters. I did not care if they lived or died; in the 1960 version by director John Sturges, I felt some empathy and sadness when characters died; here - nothing.
Film Score: Horner's score - I can't remember anything but snippets of boring music that sounded like it was trying not to sound too much like the great score E.B. did back then.
Also, I just didn't buy Denzel's squinty-eye looking into the camera shots; he just ain't a cowboy type to me. Maybe I'm just too biased with Lancaster Eastwood Wayne types.