Synopsis
Looking to mine for gold, greedy industrialist Bartholomew Bogue seizes control of the Old West town of Rose Creek. With their lives in jeopardy, Emma Cullen and other desperate residents turn to bounty hunter Sam Chisolm for help. Chisolm recruits an eclectic group of gunslingers to take on Bogue and his ruthless henchmen. With a deadly showdown on the horizon, the seven mercenaries soon find themselves fighting for more than just money once the bullets start to fly.
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Cast
- Denzel WashingtonSam Chisolm
- Chris PrattJoshua Farraday
- Ethan HawkeGoodnight Robicheaux
- Vincent D'OnofrioJack Horne
- Lee Byung-hunBilly Rocks
- Manuel Garcia-RulfoVasquez
- Martin SensmeierRed Harvest
- Peter SarsgaardBartholomew Bogue
- Haley BennettEmma Cullen
- Matt BomerMatthew Cullen
Recommendations
- 75
IndieWire
Truly, The Magnificent Seven is a story of simple pleasures, and it gets the little things right. - 75
The Verge
Fuqua's film is ultimately a reminder of why the genre was once so wildly popular in the first place. - 67
The Film Stage
The marketing may try to dress it up like a prestige picture, but Magnificent Seven is a summer season thrill ride. - 60
The Guardian
There’s a fine line between a slowburn and dull, and this Magnificent Seven frequently finds itself on the wrong side. - 50
TheWrap
The performances are dedicated, but the camaraderie feels perfunctory, outside of a few ruminative exchanges between Hawke and Washington. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
Except for the fact that virtually every shot, chop or stab the good guys make hits its mark to make the bad guys quickly drop like toy soldiers, the climactic showdown delivers what it needs to action-wise, leading to a satisfactory wrap-up. - 50
Variety
Fuqua is trying for John Ford meets Sergio Leone: a funky classical sweep, with room for delirious shootouts. The trouble is that he mimics the trademarks of those directors without their élan, and the plot that was once catchy is now rote. - 50
RogerEbert.com
The sheer talent of the cast here sometimes provides enough depth to get audience members to the climactic shoot-out, and there are a few definite MVPs in terms of ensemble, but it’s hard to envision this film having anywhere near the cinematic legacy of those that inspired it.
