The
Magnificent Seven 9/10
Some
spoilers. This movie had no right to be as good as it was. I'm not
saying I expected it to be bad because I am a fan of Antoine Fuqua
and have seen Training Day over 50 times but damn this was a really
entertaining movie. With such a large cast everyone got the right
amount of time to get their personal stories across and even the ones
that didn't get a super deep one were still great. This takes place
in the 1870's where Bartholomew Bogue played by Peter Sarsgaard is
mining and just running people out of the town of Rose Creek. He is a
total dick. I mean, there is nothing good about this guy. From
attacking people in a church to burning it to the ground and then
shooting people dead in the street...within five minutes. This isn't
some shit he did over a week long period. He wastes no time
establishing himself as a terrible human being.
Emma
Cullen played by Haley Bennett who I did not know but was really
awesome in this watches as her husband is shot dead for standing up
for the town. Bartholomew is like “Leave the bodies for a few days”
in the street to prove a point. She and her friend go looking for
help and find Sam Chisolm played by Denzel Washington. They want a
bounty hunter which he is not but still offers to help. Once he finds
out who they want killed he is all in. He brings along Josh Faraday
played by Chris Pratt telling him he can work off the debt of a horse
he just paid for. Its a loose reason for Faraday to join because he
just likes to have fun and wants something to do. They are also
joined by Goodnight Robicheux and Billy Rocks played by Ethan Hawke
and Byung-hun Lee. Each of these guys are so damned cool!
One of last to be recruited are Vasquez played by Manuel Garcia-Rulfo who is found camping in a cabin with
a dead man. He is being hunted by Chisolm is like “I really don't
care, I need some dangerous men to help me defend this town.”
Vincent D'Onofrio as Jack Horne wins for best entrance because it
made me and my cousin jump it was so sudden and unexpected. Last is
Red Harvest played by Martin Sensmeier who is a Comanche warrior.
Those last two provide a lot of humor. By the way, another thing I
did not expect. To laugh that much watching this.
I kind
of expected it to be like “Okay. They are all together. Now the
shooting begins.” But they spend more time developing the
characters and their motivations. This isn't a movie that turns into
a big dick contest (except kinda between Faraday and Vasquez who just
don't like each other). Emma isn't close to being a damsel in
distress but she also isn't shouting “I am woman hear me roar!”
She is just good at what she does and even the moments someone tries
to talk down to her because she is a woman it don't work.
The
music in this was super good and it was nice to watch a Western with
Western music. This is James Horner's last film before he died. He
had not even seen the movie but was inspired and just started making
music for it. The look of the film is good too. Everyone got a chance
to breathe and show what made them who they are, good or bad. This
movie was super satisfying. I have seen Seven Samurai and the
original Magnificent 7 and would put this up with those two. I know
that is saying a lot but its true. I wouldn't call this a remake
exactly because it somehow made itself its own movie. Also keep in
mind that people for some reason love to shit on the director when
you are reading reviews. Just take a chance and see this. Its the
best movie out right now.
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