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Director Antoine Fuqua brings his modern vision to a classic story in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures' and Columbia Pictures' The Magnificent Seven. With the town of Rose Creek under the deadly control of industrialist Bartholomew Bogue (Peter Sarsgaard), the desperate townspeople employ protection from seven outlaws, bounty hunters, gamblers and hired guns - Sam Chisolm (Denzel Washington), Josh Farraday (Chris Pratt), Goodnight Robicheaux (Ethan Hawke), Jack Horne (Vincent D'Onofrio), Billy Rocks (Byung-Hun Lee), Vasquez (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo), and Red Harvest (Martin Sensmeier). As they prepare the town for the violent showdown that they know is coming, these seven mercenaries find themselves fighting for more than money.
This movie was great for being exactly what it was supposed to be. This is a popcorn western movie. There is a bad guy. A crew gets rounded up to fight him. Said crew bonds together. They fight the bad guy. No extra nonsense. No pointless filler. Straight and to the point and a very enjoyable ride. The cast had great chemistry and you find yourself attaching to several of the characters. It's exactly what it was supposed to be and that really is a rarity in today's movies.
I would definitely recommend people checking this out. It's a very enjoyable ride with great on screen chemistry.
