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8 out of 16 people found the following review useful:

Cracking Western.

Author: William Allan from Glasgow, Scotland
26 September 2016

If you like westerns see this movie, Don't believe the critics they talk bull. Don't expect anything new as this is a remake of a remake but done in a more modern style. I have been a western fan since I seen A fistfull of Dollars as a child and this is as good a western as most, don't expect it to be better than the Yul Bryner version its almost a carbon copy with only a few changes being made. Apart from that the Gunfights were great the story you all know as its typical western fare with the good guys coming to a small town to rid it of the bad guys.

I don't do long reviews and go into detail on how a film is acted and Directed I'm not a critic, my opinion is solely based on whether or not I liked the film and in the case of this I enjoyed it thoroughly.

8 out of 16 people found the following review useful:

A modern wild-west done right

Author: Ian from Florida, United States
24 September 2016

Magnificent Seven did a wonderful job of being an old wild west film with all of the benefits of modern cinematography and an all-star cast. With Chris Pratt's humor, Ethan Hawkes deep moral roots, and Denzel Washington's badassery in addition to exceptional performances by the supporting cast, Magnificent Seven provides enough cast depth to interest any movie-goer. As the surroundings of the film are truly breathtaking, Magnificent Seven appeals to the viewer visually as well. While I believe that many action movies aren't worth seeing in theaters, seeing Magnificent Seven in theaters was the best decision I've made this month.

9 out of 18 people found the following review useful:

Utterly disappointed, high expectations and nothing more to it

Author: therealplayoff from Dublin
2 October 2016

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

I'll begin by saying that I was hyped to see the movie, besides the Hateful Eight branding and marketing flashbacks I had come along with it. I have to say, the team they had working on the project seemed a guarantee of quality, Denzel Washington at the very least has a track record of movies that do NOT get your brain to jelly-fy in front of the screen.

I'll sum up my experience in a few bullet points, as I do not like having to read long, thorough reviews myself: 1. Lack of a strong lead 2. Bland and almost comedic acting on behalf of half the actors, making the serious ones seem even more comedic in such an environment 3. Vague lines and often unnecessarily prolonged shots and scenes 4. Excessive amount of pointless shooting and poor director work with scene shifts in such scenes 5. Disastrous engineering from a sound perspective, my ears were ringing 15 minutes after the movie, and it's a big deal coming from a heavy metal person like myself 6. Poor and directionless story line

Now many people would like the movie because of nostalgia towards the original, or appreciation of the work that went to it, but in my own opinion I believe this movie was unnecessary to create, someone somehow and somewhere allowed it to happen and the project slipped through the cracks- I feel like this is the only reason it was made.

Go watch it if you believe spending your money and not feeling a return on your investment is worth it.

9 out of 18 people found the following review useful:

Good for a 12 rated Western Film

Author: vengeance20 from United Kingdom
1 October 2016

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This looked like a wannabe version of 2016's The Hateful Eight, which I must say was epic as hell! But I still went to see this & was pleasantly surprised!

The film's story & plot is simple. It's executed well & quite entertaining in most parts! This is considering it's a 12 rated film, it was enjoyable & watchable both at the same time!

Me personally of course, I would've liked this film to be a bit more like The Hateful Eight in terms of kills & action. But this film seemed to mange well without that even though I myself would appreciate it.

I'd give this a 8/10. It was entertaining & fun to watch with some great scenes of action & humour!

9 out of 18 people found the following review useful:

Pow pow pow

Author: romarmcp from Lisbon, Portugal
26 September 2016

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First things first. This comes from someone who is yet to see the original. Antoine Fuqua teams up with Denzel Washington once again (Training Day, The Equalizer), and a stellar cast (led by reborn Chris Pratt and Oscar-nominee Ethan Hawke) to bring us the best Western in recent years. Truth be told, there haven't been many, but The Magnificent Seven accurately takes us to those late 19th century years, where dirt roads and bounty hunters were the real deal. A reckless 'entrepreneur', Bartholomew Bogue, seeking to enter the pages of history along side Rockefeller and Vanderbilt, maliciously played by the ever great Peter Saasgard, torments a small town of miners and farm workers, continuously exploring them and keeping them on track with the help of a massive army of mercenaries. After her husband is shot dead in the middle of the street, a young woman and a friend seek the help of bounty hunter Sam Chisolm (cowboy superstar Denzel), who takes everything they were willing to give. To fight Bogue, they start assembling a squad, as Fuqua introduces each one of the Magnificent Seven, their backgrounds, their current situations. The movie does a good job at subtly giving out hints of each one's personality, through hilarious and fiery dialogue, creating a great dynamic between them. But it's the actors who allow us to merge into this violent and dangerous world, constantly reminding us of the high probability of not making out of this job alive. The best parts of the film? The shooting sequences, brilliantly crafted and filmed, long enough to make you feel that weird feeling of wanting to be there with them, killing all those bad guys. The sets are terrific, the script good enough to keep you from getting bored and the cast just amazing, from Hawke's Goody Robicheaux to Martin Sensmeier's quiet but deadly Red Harvest. And Fuqua deserves praise for getting a very hard job very well done. This ain't no superhero movie, some of them lose to Bogue's tyranny. The last men standing? A Mexican, an Indigenous and an African American. Suck it, Trump.

9 out of 18 people found the following review useful:

Welcome Back to the Old West

Author: scottlindquist from United States
23 September 2016

The Magnificent Seven is an excellent movie for what it is trying to be - an old school western.

The modern western began, largely, with Unforgiven (1992). Prior to Unforgiven, there had not been a successful western at the box office for several years. But, with that film, Clint Eastwood, created a very dark, very dramatic western that was more of a character study than an action film. For this re-imagination of the genre, the film was rewarded with 4 Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director. What has come since then is, predictably, a number of attempts to recapture that style with dramatic, character driven westerns - Open Range, 3:10 to Yuma, and the True Grit remake come to mind. This movie, on the other hand, is anything but a character study.

With The Magnificent Seven remake, director Antoine Fuqua, clearly decides to keep with the style of the original 1960 film, which was itself a remake of the Kurosawa classic, The Seven Samurai. After an incredibly tense opening, the remaining first third of the film is a slow buildup (perhaps a little too slow for some viewers), as the director introduces the main characters. However, once the full, namesake team is in place, and arrives to the town they have been hired to defend, the film is a tense, action thrill ride for the remainder.

For those who are fans of old style, shoot-em up westerns, or simply a fan of action movies with nasty villains and clever one- liners, this film will not disappoint. The final 20+ minutes are a tense, edge of your seat, non-stop shoot out.

10 out of 20 people found the following review useful:

Superbly Done,Magnificently delivered,magically entertaining from beginning till end

Author: herman-787-132796 from Indonesia
26 September 2016

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A slick,sick,greed,ruthless and heartless businessman Bartholomeuw Bogue (Peter Saarsgard) came to this small village Rose Creek, and just when he find out that at some site near that village worth maybe tons of gold, he intend to occupied it in very cheap price, $20 for each land from which every single house build.Then, Bogue shot to death a young man, after questioning about Bogues morality when Bouge's men beat a reverend ruthlessly.The death of that young man leaves anger deep in the heart of Emma Cullen (Halley Bennet).

Then Emma accompanied by his associate Teddy (Luke Grimes) search for a bounty hunter that she will pay with everything she got. Then she cross path with Chisolm (Denzel Washington) just after Chisolm executed a state wanted man for murder and rape, and so Emma ask for Chisolm's help. Chisolm accept the job for one reason – that he always takes high price, but never before someone ask for his service with everything they got. Then Chisolm recruits another six persons, first he recruited Faraday (Chris Pratt), a gambler drinker handsome big mouth but with excellent skills of card magic, then a sharp shooter with stress post traumatic disorder Goodnight Robicheaux a.k.a Angel of Death (Ethan Hawke),also a former Confederation along with his sidekick Billy Rocks (Byung Hun Lee), a very fast Chinese gunman, but faster and deadlier with blades (Byung Hun Lee actually a Korean actor),then Chisolm recruited a Mexican outlaw Vasques (Manuel Garcia Rulfo). After then they together recruited an ex Indian hunter, the legendary John Horne (Vincent D' Onofrio), and an Indian Comanche warrior with his noble principals, Red Harvest (Martin Sensmeir). Chisolm didn't waste much time, he and his 6 compatriots killed 22 Bouge's best gunmen and sent the town sheriff to inform Bouge, gather the town's citizens to choose, stay and fight to death or leave. These 7 men only have 3 days to prepare the city before Bogue and his hundreds of army to rush them all. This is the 2nd remake of Akiro Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai" after John Sturges "The Seven Magnificent" (1960). If 1960's version is more focus to the 7 gunmen with the citizens, Fuqua's version is upgraded into a whole new level, all thanks to Pazollato and Wenk's screenplay that create the citizen's despair, but Chisolm and his men manage to turn the citizen's fear of Bouge into the fear of lost everything they ever dream for, lost for they pride. Pazolatto and Wenk also manage to put some humor in some parts.

The screenplay smartly deliver us the story of a group of men that some of them with background that give them enough emotional reason to kill each other, e.g John Horne (ex Indian Hunter), Red Harvest (Indian Comanche), Faraday (his grandfather killed by Mexican gang), Vasquez (his grandfather was a member of Mexican gang that ambush Faraday's grandfather's town), but they bound together with one purpose, a noble purpose.Why?Cauze for another 5 men (beside Chisolm and Red Harvest) each of them have they own past to reconcile with, wanna make piece to their own soul before the next battle that could be their last one by take the impossible job. But off course the the last tiny element of surprise from Chisolm about his personal agenda, he has his very own personal reason why he finally take this job, that left me a question : Maybe this one flaw on this Mag7? Why? Because, why Chisolm rejected the offering from Emma, and declared that he himself is not for sale.but then he take the job when he found Emma will pay him – even all at once- with everything she got. Or maybe is just Chisolm eager to know how far would this widow go to seek righteousness or even revenge?If she would go a long the way, then Chisolm had a good reason to recruit the men he need.

This Mag7 only give as much as a glance of each person's historical background, through their dialogues. Except for Robicheaux, this character get a little more exposed and curiosity what the hell happen to him after North and South war that make him hate himself so much after all act that he has committed during North and South war, that make him a very flimsy man. Denzel is really perform great his character cool bad ass, while Pratt represent enthusiasm and the spirit of this movie. Ethan Hawke (this is the 2nd time he team up with both Denzel and Fuqua) gave audiences skepticism about what will happen to this team. The rest of the cast, even didn't get portion as much as Denzel (off course, he is the man) or Ethan Hawke and Pratt – especially Martin Sensmier get the smallest portion – but they're all represent an assembled excellent marksmen (some of them have horrible dirty little secrets) to march as one into a battle for one descent good noble cause. Haley Bennet performances represent as young widow search for the last hope and an attitude to face all odds at all cost for he dignity since her husband gunned down in cold blood by Bouge (Saargards appearance really gives the impression as the sick man). I also give credit to the cinematography that shots all gunfight scenes so perfectly, how Mauro Fiore took the angle to describe the brutality of Bouge's gold mine from distance.

Fuqua's Mag7 is not one of classical western movie, but It's superbly done…and magnificently delivered to us, magically entertaining from beginning till end. Even though this movie might don't have what all critics wants to be as classical but still will be remembered as one of the most entertaining,enjoyable western.. Really as the quotes of the dialogues between Chisolm and Robicheaux "What we lost in the fire, we found in the ashes"

10 out of 20 people found the following review useful:

Greatly entertaining and fun

Author: Oberrated from United States
26 September 2016

No clever quips here. No dramatic intro drawing out my opinion. 'The Magnificent Seven' was everything I was expecting it to be. It was a wild ride from start to finish. It had that classic western feel to it while still being presented in crystal clear quality and having modern day effects... In the day and age of remakes and sequels, this was one done well. It was a strong and fresh take on the classic story and everyone felt natural while being witnessed on screen. Everyone was a strong co-star and no one felt like a "supporting" actor or actress, in my opinion. To me, Vincent D'Onofrio absolutely stole the show. Each time he opened his mouth he had me laughing in my seat and he was such a strong presence on screen, absolutely loved him. It was especially fun to watch him play his role of Jack Horne coming from my last viewing of him being Kingpin in the Marvel TV series 'Daredevil'. Aside from Vincent, as I said before; everyone was a star in this film. I would name everyone but I would be drawing this review out too much for my taste... For any form of a negative critique, I would only say that I was not a fan of Peter Sarsgaard's character, although I am not saying he did a bad job, I just did not like his character's demeanor. Which, in turn, could simply just mean he did a great job at portraying Bartholomew. So in sense, no negative critiques!

I highly recommend 'The Magnificent Seven'. It is a great modern- feeling film despite being a western, while also dealing a great respect to the original. It is good entertainment for any film lover. Check this one out before it is too late!

10 out of 20 people found the following review useful:

The Western Frontier is back.

Author: Somnath Bhattacharya from Hyderabad, India
26 September 2016

Hands down, I say. It had all the elements a western movie has to have. I have watched The Seven Samurai and the original Magnificent Seven and I must say, this made quite a justice. Who said Chris Pratt could only play Star Lord when he is made for the west. 2nd half literally steals the show. I completely here disagree with the critics giving this a lower rating. Complete entertainment, complete swagger. Denzel Washington just nailed it but, it was Chris Pratt, and Vincent D' Onofrio who stole the show. Antonie Fuqua gave a perfect tribute to the likes of Akira Kurosawa, John Ford, and John Sturges. Believe me, this one's really good. If you stopped watching westerns, this remake will bring you back in. Who said remakes are bad? Not every remake though.

10 out of 20 people found the following review useful:

A Western remake with lots to like

Author: Tarx from United Kingdom
25 September 2016

The Magnificent Seven is directed by Antoine Fugua and stars Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawk and many others. It is a movie that I had a lot of anticipation for going in, and I am happy to say that I was not disappointed. When making a remake, many directors struggle to find the right line between staying true to the original, while still trying to be it's own thing. This is something director Antoine Fugua excels at - his movie is neither too similar to the original nor too different. Fugua honours the 1960 original movie by adapting the same basic storyline, but along the way he adds some refreshingly new aspects to the story, which distinguish it from the original, and make it memorable in its own right. He changes the characterisation of many of the characters (in particular Vincent D'Onofrio's character, who I guarantee is like nothing you have ever seen before), edits the plot slightly (this time the Seven are hired by a woman seeking revenge for the death of her husband), and also mixes up the ethnicities of the characters (the original was simply seven Americans saving feeble Mexicans from other Americans, whereas this time we have a much more diverse Seven, along with the feeble Mexican aspect being scrapped). Yet at the same time this movie greatly feels like the original, whether that is because it is setup in the same period, with the same story, or perhaps it is because of the little aspects and references, like how they play the original soundtrack during the credits. But whatever it is, it works.

In terms of characters and pace, this movie works very well. The issue I had with the original was that I found the pace to be too slow. This movie fixes that problem well. The pace is somewhat quicker while still not being too quick, and the movie never really gets boring. Even though the bulk of the action is focused in the final act, there is still enough to entertain the viewer throughout the movie. The run time is 2 hours and 12 minutes, which the movie makes use of very well. There is good character development that goes on throughout, from the very start right to the very end, although it has to be said that it would have been nice to know more of the back stories of some of the characters (in particular Ethan Hawke's, whose back story is hinted at but the movie simply leaves it there), as by the end we've only gotten a clear idea of the past of Denzel Washington's character. Still, the characters are likable and each different in their own way. The cast is not just diverse by its ethnicity, but also by the tone and characterisation of each character. The standouts in my eyes were Chris Pratt (who is playing the exact type of Chriss Pratt-y character you would expect him to play) and Ethan Hawke, who gave what was probably the best performance of the whole bunch, and at the same time offered an intriguing character that stuck out in a good way.

However the best part of the movie is the final act. The action is brilliant (if pretty violent for a 12+/PG-13 movie), and there are also some surprisingly poignant and effective scenes in the last act that fit very well into the story. The villain, even if he does not appear much, is also quite memorable - he fits the story well and is an ample villain to be pitched against the Seven. His final scene is especially memorable, and is the cherry-on-top to a great ending, for a great movie.

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