Movie Review: THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (2016) (Review #2)

The Magnificent Seven is director Antoine Fuqua’s remake of the classic tale first put to cinema in the Akira Kurosawa masterpiece Seven Samurai. This follows in a rich history of remakes of that film, including being a namesake remake of the John Sturges Magnificent Seven from 1960. In this story we follow Chisolm (Denzel Washington) as he sets up a team of various gunslingers and warriors after agreeing to protect a town that is being terrorized by Bartholomew Bogue (Peter Sarsgaard) and his gang. This film is distinct from all those previous versions with largely new characters and an action packed conclusion that makes this one of the most fun westerns we’ve seen in years.

Movie Review: THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (2016)

When Bartholomew Bouge (Peter Sarsgaard) threatens to throw out all the inhabitants from a small town in the old west because of its rich land, the recently widowed Emma Cullen (Haley Bennett) sets out to enlist men to help them protect the village, and that's when Sam Chislom (Denzel Washington) puts together a group of seven renegade gun men to help the villagers defend their land.

Trailer Review: THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (2016)

Cards on the table, folks...I haven't actually seen the original 1960 John Sturges film, The Magnificent Seven. What I HAVE seen, however, is the movie it was based on, the 1954 Akira Kurosawa classic, Seven Samurai, so this isn't a story that is altogether unfamiliar to me. Antoine Fuqua is not a director who I've paid that much attention to, with his two most notable recent movies, Olympus Has Fallen and The Equalizer, not really catching my attention, but I've heard alright things about them. Same goes for his earlier Training Day (the man likes working with Denzel Washington, I notice). That all being said, this trailer was actually far more impressive than I was expecting.