The Magnificent Seven
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Looking to mine for gold, greedy industrialist Bartholomew Bogue seizes control of the Old West town of Rose Creek. With their lives in jeopardy, Emma Cullen and other desperate residents turn to bounty hunter Sam Chisolm for help. Chisolm recruits an eclectic group of gunslingers to take on Bogue and his ruthless henchmen. With a deadly showdown on the horizon, the seven mercenaries soon find themselves fighting for more than just money once the bullets start to fly.
What critics thought
Antoine Fuqua's remake lands as a competent, handsome Western that critics found entertaining enough in the moment but derivative in the long run. Denzel Washington's commanding lead and the sprawling shootout sequences drew consistent praise, while the central argument against the film was that it smoothed away the moral complexity that made both source films worth revisiting — trading nuance for crowd-pleasing spectacle. The divide is essentially between critics willing to accept it on its own unambitious terms and those who felt those terms weren't good enough.
“The Magnificent Seven ends up being a bit too predictable to reach its full potential, but the fun the cast clearly had making it allows the movie to be an enjoyable ride while it lasts. Fuqua does his best to update the Western for the modern audience, but doesn't capture what made those films great in the process. The action is big and sleek, the characters are charismatic and the film looks beautiful, but this won't be a movie that stays with you long after you leave the theater”
Terri Schwartz·IGN
“Overall, this is a rousing, albeit sometimes cheesy, action-packed Western bolstered by Denzel Washington's baddest-of-the-baddasses lead performance, mostly fine supporting work, and yep, some of the most impressively choreographed extended shootout sequences in recent memory.”
Richard Roeper·Chicago Sun-Times
“The original The Magnificent Seven found a perfect balance between moments of grand triumph and the understated, solemn denouement. This The Magnificent Seven has the dour ending without the high points preceding it. With two better versions of this story readily available, why bother with this mediocre re-telling? 'Currently recognizable actors' hardly seems like a good justification.”
James Berardinelli·Reelviews
“Fuqua's made two clean piles separating good and evil, and in doing so, he's thrown away the film's point. Now we can trade our conscience for a bucket of popcorn. Today's The Magnificent Seven is just another superhero flick that spends half its running time assembling a band of bulletproof daredevils.”
Amy Nicholson·MTV
“The new Seven isn't aiming for cinema immortality. It's two hours of hardcore, shoot-em-up pow and it's entertaining as hell.”
Peter Travers·Rolling Stone
Genres
Adventure, Action, Western
Cast & Crew
Antoine FuquaDirector
Denzel WashingtonSam Chisolm
Chris PrattJoshua Farraday
Ethan HawkeGoodnight Robicheaux
Vincent D'OnofrioJack Horne
Lee Byung-hunBilly Rocks
Manuel Garcia-RulfoVasquez
Martin SensmeierRed Harvest
Haley BennettEmma Cullen
Peter SarsgaardBartholomew Bogue
Luke GrimesTeddy
Matt BomerMatthew Cullen
Jonathan JossDenali
Simon FranglenComposer
James HornerComposer
Nic PizzolattoWriter
Richard WenkWriter
Mauro FioreCinematographyThe Magnificent Seven
Looking to mine for gold, greedy industrialist Bartholomew Bogue seizes control of the Old West town of Rose Creek. With their lives in jeopardy, Emma Cullen and other desperate residents turn to bounty hunter Sam Chisolm for help. Chisolm recruits an eclectic group of gunslingers to take on Bogue and his ruthless henchmen. With a deadly showdown on the horizon, the seven mercenaries soon find themselves fighting for more than just money once the bullets start to fly.
What critics thought
Antoine Fuqua's remake lands as a competent, handsome Western that critics found entertaining enough in the moment but derivative in the long run. Denzel Washington's commanding lead and the sprawling shootout sequences drew consistent praise, while the central argument against the film was that it smoothed away the moral complexity that made both source films worth revisiting — trading nuance for crowd-pleasing spectacle. The divide is essentially between critics willing to accept it on its own unambitious terms and those who felt those terms weren't good enough.
“The Magnificent Seven ends up being a bit too predictable to reach its full potential, but the fun the cast clearly had making it allows the movie to be an enjoyable ride while it lasts. Fuqua does his best to update the Western for the modern audience, but doesn't capture what made those films great in the process. The action is big and sleek, the characters are charismatic and the film looks beautiful, but this won't be a movie that stays with you long after you leave the theater”
Terri Schwartz·IGN
“Overall, this is a rousing, albeit sometimes cheesy, action-packed Western bolstered by Denzel Washington's baddest-of-the-baddasses lead performance, mostly fine supporting work, and yep, some of the most impressively choreographed extended shootout sequences in recent memory.”
Richard Roeper·Chicago Sun-Times
“The original The Magnificent Seven found a perfect balance between moments of grand triumph and the understated, solemn denouement. This The Magnificent Seven has the dour ending without the high points preceding it. With two better versions of this story readily available, why bother with this mediocre re-telling? 'Currently recognizable actors' hardly seems like a good justification.”
James Berardinelli·Reelviews
“Fuqua's made two clean piles separating good and evil, and in doing so, he's thrown away the film's point. Now we can trade our conscience for a bucket of popcorn. Today's The Magnificent Seven is just another superhero flick that spends half its running time assembling a band of bulletproof daredevils.”
Amy Nicholson·MTV
“The new Seven isn't aiming for cinema immortality. It's two hours of hardcore, shoot-em-up pow and it's entertaining as hell.”
Peter Travers·Rolling Stone
Genres
Adventure, Action, Western
Cast & Crew
Antoine FuquaDirectorDenzel WashingtonSam ChisolmChris PrattJoshua FarradayEthan HawkeGoodnight RobicheauxVincent D'OnofrioJack HorneLee Byung-hunBilly RocksManuel Garcia-RulfoVasquezMartin SensmeierRed HarvestHaley BennettEmma CullenPeter SarsgaardBartholomew BogueLuke GrimesTeddyMatt BomerMatthew CullenJonathan JossDenaliSimon FranglenComposerJames HornerComposerNic PizzolattoWriterRichard WenkWriterMauro FioreCinematographyStream
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