The movie is a bit long, but it maintains excitement and thrills. (A problem with the script as much as his performance, I think.) Apart from the 7, Peter Sarsgaard is plenty villainous as the wealthy marauder who threatens the town, and Haley Bennett is quietly brilliant as the widow seeking justice who reaches out for help and is granted it by the Magnificent Seven. Others give very odd performances – D’Onofrio’s Jack Horne sometimes gets laughs for the wrong reasons, and Chris Pratt’s character can’t seem to decide whether he’s Andy Dwyer or Star-Lord thrust into the 1800’s. Or perhaps, since the choice to “remake” a film 56 years later represents a conscious decision to retell a story for a new audience, being a part of that new audience may not be such a handicap.įor this new adaptation, they brought a few veteran actors (Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke, and Vincent D’Onofrio), added in a bankable star approaching his peak bankability (Chris Pratt), and the requisite up-and-comers (Byung Hun-Lee, Manuel Garcia Rulfo, and Martin Sensmeier) to round out their title-mandated “7.” There are some really good performances here – Denzel is doing classic Denzel (no complaints), Ethan Hawke continues to make the case that he’s one of the best actors alive, and Manuel Garcia Rulfo out-charismas Chris Pratt (no easy task). I confess I have not actually seen either of those prior films, and maybe that makes me the wrong person to review this update.
The movie is a remake of a 1960 western of the same name, which itself is an adaptation of a revered Japanese film The Seven Samurai. The Magnificent Seven is a western directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, and Ethan Hawke.
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