The Magnificent Seven

Plot synopsis:
In this remake of the 1960 film of the same name, the small town of Rose Creek is being terrorized by land baron Bartholomew Bogue (Peter Sarsgaard) and his men. The townsfolk meet in the church to discuss what they ought to to protect their land and families from Bogue. The man himself enters the church with some of his armed men and he steps up before everyone else. Bogue argues that there is little profit in the land that makes up Rose Creek, so he intends to return within three weeks to see that the town has turned up more profit. The men then fire their guns and burn the church down. As the people evacuate, Matthew Cullen (Matt Bomer) calls Bogue out and asks what kind of man he is to harm innocent people. Bogue responds by shooting Matthew dead in front of his wife Emma (Haley Bennett), leading to a number of other citizens being killed by Bogue's men in front of their families. Before leaving, Bogue orders his men to leave the bodies where they lay so that the townspeople can get a good look at them for the next few days.In another town, warrant officer Sam Chisolm (Denzel Washington) rides his horse into town, earning many unwelcome looks from the people. Chisolm enters a saloon and asks the bartender (Chad Randall) about an outlaw that goes by the name of "Powder Dan". The other men in the saloon draw their weapons on Chisolm, but he is quick with his gun and gets all of the men without skipping a beat. He then shoots the bartender dead, knowing that this is Powder Dan. Chisolm orders the people to fetch the sheriff, and all of them run out of the place terrified, except for one man, a gambler named Josh Faraday (Chris Pratt).After Chisolm proves he caught Powder Dan, Faraday is caught up by two brothers that feel he cheated them in a card game. The brothers bring Faraday outside of town to kill him. Faraday distracts them with a card trick, which ends with him shooting one of the brothers dead and shooting the other one in the ear.As Chisolm rides away, he is approached by Emma and her associate Teddy Q (Luke Grimes). She explains the town's situation with Bogue and their desperation in finding someone who can help. Emma and Teddy give Chisolm all the money they have, and when she mentions Bogue's name, Chisolm agrees to help.Chisolm, Emma, and Teddy ride by Faraday as he tries to pick up his horse from a stablemaster. Chisolm offers to pay for Faraday's horse in exchange for Faraday joining their cause. He agrees. Chisolm then instructs Faraday to travel to Volcano Springs to find a man by the name of Goodnight Robicheaux (Ethan Hawke).Faraday and Teddy arrive at Volcano Springs to witness a gunfight between two men. The first man believes that the second, Billy Rocks (Byung-hun Lee), didn't fairly win, so he demands a legit gunfight. As they are set to fire, Billy instead grabs his hairpin and throws it into the other man's chest, killing him. Robicheaux goes around collecting every man's bet. One man refuses until he learns Robicheaux's name, and then pays double out of fear. Robicheaux has a reputation for being a notorious sharpshooter. Faraday and Teddy approach the two men as Robicheaux gets a shave to discuss them joining the team. The two agree after learning it's a paid job.Chisolm and Emma come across a house with a dead man inside. They find Vasquez (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo), a Mexican outlaw who's been squatting in the house. Chisolm is aware of the bounty on Vasquez, but he offers the outlaw a chance to avoid being captured by Chisolm in exchange for joining the team. Vasquez complies.After both parties reunite, they search for a tracker named Jack Horne (Vincent D'Onofrio). They speak to two outlaw brothers on Horne's whereabouts. One brother is struck in the chest with a hatchet, and the other is shot dead. Horne shows up and takes the hatchet. Chisolm asks him to join their team, but Horne walks away without a response.On the road back to town, the group encounters a Comanche named Red Harvest (Martin Sensmeier). Chisolm, knowing a little Comanche, speaks to him and asks for his help. Red drops his kill on the ground and cuts out one of its organs to offer it to Chisolm. He reluctantly bites into the organ to prove his loyalty, so Red agrees to join. Horne then joins after tracking the group down.The group returns to Rose Creek and confronts some of Bogue's men in the middle of town. One of the men, McCann (Cam Gigandet), calls upon one of the shooters standing on the roof of a building. Red already got to him, and he drops the man's body off the roof. The team (except Robicheaux) then start fighting against Bogue's men. Red fires his arrows, Horne chucks his hatchets, Billy stabs several men, and the rest fire their guns at the villains. Robicheaux is more hesitant in shooting, allowing McCann to get away on his horse. When the dust settles, Chisolm orders the Sheriff to run back to Bogue in Sacramento and tell him that Chisolm is waiting for him.Since the ride between Rose Creek and Sacramento takes three days, Chisolm figures they have about a week until Bogue returns with his army. The seven round up the townsfolk with Emma's help to inspire them to fight for their town and their families.The men begin to train the townsfolk in using weapons. Billy instructs them on using knives, while Faraday and Robicheaux teach them to shoot. The inexperienced citizens don't get it immediately, but they pick up and do better. Emma manages to be a better shot after having learned from her father as a child.Bogue receives the message from the Sheriff, then Bogue kills the messenger, literally. He begins to concoct his plan of attack.The seven bond together in town at night through a meal, drinks, and some laughter. This brings them closer to the townsfolk as well, giving them more of a personal reason to fight. However, The seven and the townsfolk prepare for the arrival of Bogue and his army. Traps are laid out and people are at their stations.Robicheaux becomes distressed over the thought of more killing, as he is haunted by the lives he's taken over the years. He tells Chisolm he wants no part of this and he decides to ride away into the night before the battle. Emma offers to take Robicheaux's place.As Bogue's hired men charge in on their horses, Bogue and a handful of his men watch from a distance. The men ride by a line of pinwheels set up by Horne, who then detonates some explosives that throw the men off their horses. The people begin shooting at Bogue's men, while the men fire back. Vasquez shoots McCann dead right into a coffin. Bogue retaliates by having his men fire a Gatling gun into town, mowing down countless people. The women and children are evacuated to a safer area. Robicheaux returns to town and joins the fight with Billy atop a church steeple.Bogue's own Comanche, Denali (Jonathan Joss), rides into town. Horne tries to fight him, but Denali takes him out with four arrows. Denali follows Emma into the saloon and tries to kill her when she shoots at him but has no bullets. Red shows up and fights Denali, ending with Red stabbing him and pushing him over a balcony.Faraday, wounded in the gut, tells Chisolm the have to take out the Gatling Gun, and says Chisholm owes him cover, the two rush out, Faraday grabs a horse and begins a long sweeping charge toward The machine gun. Robicheaux and Billy provide covering fire from the Steeple. The gun crew is bemused as the lone attacker gets closer, they shoot at him.The Gatling gun is fired a second time. Billy and Robicheaux are shot dead in the steeple. Faraday sustains multiple gunshot wounds before falling on his knees before a group of Bogue's men. He pulls out a cigar and puts it in his mouth. One of the men lights it for him before aiming the gun at Faraday. He slumps over, but then rises and shows a burning stick of dynamite. Faraday throws it at the men and it blows up in a huge explosion. Only Bogue and two henchmen are left.Chisolm quickly takes out the two hired guns confronts Bogue right in front of the burnt-down church. They have a duel, with Chisolm shooting Bogue's gun out of his hand. He shoots Bogue in the leg as he tries running into the church. Chisolm offers Bogue a chance to pray. Chisolm starts strangling Bogue with his own ascot as he reminds Bogue that he and his men came into Chisolm's Kansas town, raping and murdering Chisolm's mother and sisters in the process. Chisholm has a neck scar, he had barely survived a lynching. Bogue reaches into his ankle holster to get a gun and shoot Chisolm, but he is shot dead by Emma.Despite the massive destruction and untold lives lost, the surviving citizens are thankful to Chisolm, Vasquez, and Red. The people thank them all as they ride out of town.The final scene shows the graves of Faraday, Robicheaux, Horne, and Billy. Emma's voice-over states that the people of Rose Creek will never forget the men that fought for something that wasn't theirs, and what they did was...MAGNIFICENT.

Tags: comedy, murder, violence, good versus evil, humor, revenge

Review:
Another MADE-FOR-TV movie brought to the screen.More of the same from Hollywood.Lets re-make a classic, but ensure it's politically correct and an absolute that it represents every race, so as not to step on any toes.Oh,and lets give everyone modern-day attitudes and dialects, because apparently no one has the capability of acting with the original language or mannerisms associated with the time-period depicted.Filling a movie with a handful of 'regular stars' does NOT assure the film will succeed.
This one is like the recent 'TARZAN' movie.Save your money and watch the Seven Samurai & The Magnificent Seven (original) to see film beauty and entertainment..
If both these gentlemen want to continue to make these sorts of pictures for the next 20 years, I promise to keep watching.However, leaving aside the star power of the lead in this production, overall this film is a borderline remake.The original had a better ensemble cast, better music, and better acting.This is an "OK" remake (as many other members have opined here) with arguably better pistol-handling skills.And still a very nice way to spend a rainy afternoon..
Chris Pratt is great as an alcoholic and incredibly ballsy gunslinger, Faraday, but he lacks any gusto to really command the screen as does most of the cast outside of Denzel Washington (someone who I can't say enough good things about here).
Hate to be cliché voting this 7/10 but thought it was appropriate for a film of this nature.I was sceptical, like I imagine many were, when I first heard they were remaking The Magnificent Seven since the original is such a classic.
This approach I do not necessarily agree with as it comes across far too forced at times, like they were attempting to recognise as many different races or even 'minorities' as possible.It was cheesy at times, there is no doubt about this, but classically westerns were styled this way, being melodramatic at times and maybe one too many standoffs with intense close ups of characters staring at each other.
OK, first you need to know that the only thing I remember from the original is the music--and your reward for sitting through this is that you get that music during the end credits.I am ALL for diversity and want to see more actors of color in roles that could be played by any ethnicity, but this movie bends over backwards to be SO inclusive, that the viewer is distracted by that.
One of the things I liked best about this western was the pacing, sometimes I find westerns to be a little too slow (for my personal taste - subjective, I know) but I felt this movie nailed it, even with a run time a little over 2 hours.The action scenes are great, very well done.
Had this been a new western, rather than a remake of an awesome remake of a classic, I'd give it a 3.I loved the original remake & thought the new trailer was great, so admittedly went in with high expectations, especially with Denzel Washington playing the legendary Yul Brenner.The beginning is horrible and the first hour is plain bad.
Then again, They can get a pass because there wasn't much blood used in old time westerns and they probably saved millions on spectacular special effects, or the lack thereof.This movie is SO bad, that I did something I never do at the movies, got up & went to the bathroom to be comfortable in my boredom, without even asking my friend what I missed, because I didn't care.
I didn't really bond with the characters, except my concern for the horses, imagining as I always do in movies, the suffering these poor creatures went through during times of war & battle.This expensive movie will make money on the back of the original remake, and I'm sure they paid a fortune for the right to butcher it.
Why is Hollywood trying to remake EVERY movie that has been successful, when is the Gone With the Wind Remake or Casablanca remake coming out?Anyways back to this flaming bag of poo, this movie is not worth your time or money with its lackluster cast, dumb and ridiculous improbable stunts, the Gatling gun scene, and the cowboy ninja it just made me want to vomit.
Please save your money and buy the Blu-Ray Original Magnificent Seven money, it is a classic never goes out of style and doesn't need CGI, unbelievable stunts, or ninja cowboys the story the great cast and the action carry it.
After I saw the trailer of the movie I was expecting a fun western with just good action and nice characters because the cast is great on paper, but then the question of course is if it also works for the movie.
Denzel Washington gives the best performance of the movie by far but also Chris Pratt shows that Guardians wasn't a fluke, Hawke, D'Onofrio and just the entire cast works very well together for this nice team of 7 misfits that has to save the town.Also the action is great, it's very true to the old westerns.
It's one of the most mature PG-13 movies I have seen.All in all, the Magnificent Seven is a fun time in the theater, probably not as good as the original but better than most remakes these days (looking at you Ghostbusters) and I give it an 8.5/10.
By twisting the plot of the original film ,which itself was a Westernized version of Kurasowas Seven Samuria ,they ruined the movie.The idiots took a great morality play and turned it into nothing more than a politically correct statement.
This is not entertainment , it's left wing propaganda.By changing the bad guy from a bandit leader preying on a helpless village into an evil businessman/ developer/ polluter trying to take advantage of a helpless middle class town they've hit on every liberal agenda except climate change and gun control.By including diversity with a cast that represents every race except the aboriginal Japanese Anui they even got that commandment in.I really don't mind that so much, in fact I love most of Denzel's work, but it was enough to make it the last straw.What's so disappointing is that the cast IS great but the fundamental changes ruined the film completely.What moron decided to make this about the evils of Capitalism I can only speculate that perhaps the producer was Michael Moore or that high priest of the environmental movement Leonardo Dicaprio or both ?.
First off, I've seen both the original "Seven Samurai" and the Yule Brenner, Charles Bronson, Steve McQueen version about a hundred times; I love both of those movies.
If I look this movie as just a movie (without consider it as a remake of something else), Magnificent Seven is a good cowboy movie.I love Denzel's acting in this movie.
Enjoyable remake to the classic ¨Magnificent seven¨ is well played by Denzel Washington as a brave gunfighter named Chisolm (Denzel's first western film) who along with Faraday (Chris Pratt's first Western movie) , and their group (Ethan Hawke , Vincent D'Onofrio , Byung-Hun Lee , Manuel Garcia-Rulfo , Martin Sensmeier) set off in rescue some besieged villagers .
The film gets Western action , exciting riding , shootouts , it's fun and entertaining , although nothing new , being a remake from a famous Japanese picture , but displays a slight as well as violent style .
Unlike the fabulous score of the original, even the music sucks (evidently an unimaginative regurgitation of bits and pieces of everything James Horner had ever heard), none of the actors could actually ACT, and the storyline was a total desecration of the original— lacking the story, heart, and soul of perhaps the single greatest Western action/adventure film in history.
But I'd rather take the Hollywood movie stars of the past over the bored, uninvolved actors riding roughshod through this cinematic misadventure, especially the brain dead producers who actually believe that mindless revenge and violence will ever make up for a decent script, turning good filmmaking solely into a creation for corporate profit..
When Bartholomew Bouge (Peter Sarsgaard) threatens to through 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, that is when Sam Chislom (Denzel Washington) puts together a group of seven renegade gun men to help the villagers defend their land.Having never seen "The Magnificent Seven" from 1960 I cannot comment on anything regarding the update this version does and how it lives up to that, yet nor I care to do so or to compare it to its old originator "The Seven Samurai".
Of course Washington shows again how his is a kind of charisma that will be found in one out of a million actors almost literally, he doesn't need to to anything, we as viewers are simply carried away with him and he has always a way of showing that something deeper is going on in his character.The photography as everything is technically impeccable, the sweeping shots are beautiful, it makes the most out of its setting and gives us some great sunset and night sequences and images and even better battles with impressive practical special effects.
Not only is the dialog and action limp in this terrible remake of a great western (based off a great Japanese flick by Kurosawa), the filmmakers had to dig a deeper hole by making it so politically correct that the joy of watching the film is all but destroyed.
Where the original never leaves you wondering why any of these men would choose to put their lives on the line for a village they've never even been to, this remake actually gives Denzel Washington's character a reason, revenge against the villain.
Another desperate attempt by Hollywood half-wits to remake a classic.Denzel, as usual SUCKS, he is possibly the worst actor ever and i can only imagine he got the role because he was the lowest bidder.This is a film in which a viewer can be forgiven for rooting for the bad guys annihilate humanity.
It is an OK western, don't get me wrong, one of these that you will watch and forget; but pretending that this movie has anything in common with the Magnificent Seven - it is quite presumptuous and absolutely ridiculous.I guess they all badly needed the money, right, and expected that every one of us, real fen, will pay to watch this ...
I speak about the idea that the actual winners are the villagers while their heroes for hire are no more than fleeting characters moving from one place to another leaving very little behind them.Antoine Fuqua's subtle changes from the originals are at precisely this point, and also on the nature of the villain which he changes from a simple criminal to a corrupt capitalist who doesn't want to steal from the villagers but to take it all from them, believing they don't really matter.
There was no great acting on display here if you want a comparison between this cast of Denzel Washinton, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, Chris Pratt, and Peter Sarsgarrd, and the 1960 cast of Yul Brenner, Charles Bronson, Steve McQueen, Eli Wallach, and James Coburn.
Seven gunmen in the old west gradually come together to help a poor village against savage thieves.The Magnificent Seven is directed by Antoine Fuqua and stars Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Vincent D'Onofrio; Ethan Hawke and a tonne of other badasses.
Even Vincent D'Onofrio is surprisingly (for me) good in this film.I love Antoine Fuqua as a director, I find him very versatile and effective, going from Training Day to Shooter, to two of my favourite movies of the past two years: The Equalizer and Southpaw.
I'm a fan of the good old fashioned westerns, including the original source material of this film, Akira Kurosawa's 1954 masterpiece Seven Samurai as well as the John Sturges' 1960 The Magnificent Seven remake starring Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen and company.
The remaining 2 hours are the icing on the proverbial (death by chocolate) cake and just as indulgent to the movie goer.Like its 1960s counterpart, the all star cast of Denzel Wahington, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, and Chris Pratt bring all their combined and considerable talents to bear and deliver stellar performances.
The Magnificent Seven is directed by Antoine Fugua and stars Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawk and many others.
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.
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.
Excellent Action-Adventure Shoot 'em Up. I went into the screening of Antioine Fuqua's remake of the 1960 classic western THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN with the attitude of "how dare they make a remake of a classic, can't they just leave well enough alone." I left the screening realizing that I just saw a motion picture that might bring back the Western.For, THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN is one terrific motion picture.Fuqua has all the elements at play here - a good cast (Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, etc...), an easy to follow plot (7 strangers come together to save a town from the bad guys), tightly directed and shot action sequences with enough humor thrown in to make it a fun 2 hour romp in the movie theater.The first half of this film is all about getting to know the "7" as they get together.
All these performances/characters are strong, but they take a back seat to extremely strong work put in by 3 film veterans...Ethan Hawk, an actor who I am usually Luke-warm on, re-teams up with his training day director and co-star to bring his best performance (at least for me) as legendary killer Goodnight Robicheaux, the always-interesting Vincent D'Onofrio shows quirkiness, humor and charm to slightly crazy tracker Jack Horne, and good-ol' dependable Chris Pratt reprising his "charming rogue" persona as gambler Josh Faraday, except he is not, he brings something else to this character that I haven't seen from Pratt before - a layer of darkness.
I did not see people leaving the theater many times, but was not surprised to see them do it during this film, ridiculous remake of a great movie, no soul, no real acting, i give the 2 points to the villain, the only one who gave half heart to his job.
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.
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.
Watched The Magnificent Seven featuring Denzel Washington(Training Day) as Sam Chisolm, Chris Pratt(Guardians Of The Galaxy,Jurassic World) as Josh Faraday, Ethan Hawke(Lone Survivor) as Goodnight Robicheaux, Vincent D'Onofrio(Netflix's Daredevil) as Jack Horne , Byung-hun Lee(Terminator Genisys,G.I. Joe Retaliation) as Billy Rocks,Manuel Garcia-Rulfo(Cake) as Vazquez,Martin Sensmeier(Salem) as Red Harvest , Haley Bennett(Hardcore Henry) as Emma Cullen, Matt Bomer(The Nice Guys) as Matthew Cullen and Peter Sarsgaard(Black Mass) as Bartholomew Bogue the films villain.
The 2016 remake comes from acclaimed director Antoine Fuqua ("Training Day", "Brooklyn's Finest", "Southpaw") and stars Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Vincent D'Onofrio and Ethan Hawke.
Yet another remakebut the trailers for this one were at least encouraging, especially with Denzel Washington playing the lead.I have vague memories of seeing the original The Magnificent Seven, (which is in itself a re-imagining of Seven Samurai), and I seem to remember liking it.
Yet another remakebut the trailers for this one were at least encouraging, especially with Denzel Washington playing the lead.I have vague memories of seeing the original The Magnificent Seven, (which is in itself a re-imagining of Seven Samurai), and I seem to remember liking it.
The story of 7 mismatched gun slingers who band together to help save a town from the coruption that is bleeding it dry, With superb supporting acting from Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio and Byung-hun Lee the magnificent severn is a masterpiece and its that good the 1960s original magnificent seven take their hat's of this remake.With the perfect bad guy in Peter Sarsgaard this is one of the best film releases of 2016..
Much like his last collaboration with Denzel, "The Equalizer", this film focuses more on the action and the strength of its actors instead of fully developed characters or an original story line.
Not that is a bad thing per se, actually the classic movie of the 60s was a remake of Kurosawa's the Seven Samurais, but this time the result is very different.
In conclusion the new Magnificent Seven is a big disappointment that brings back the Western to the 50s, recent movies like Appaloosa or the remake of 3:10 to Yuma were much better and more entertaining..
Oh, but the original is a violent cowboy movie remake of the Seven Samurai, so we need some depth, right?