![]() Never once did I sense I was watching characters in a story so much as a talented group of actors assembled to create a Seven” appears manufactured on a backlot. Part of the problem is that too much of this “Magnificent Scenes provides some much-needed depth of character, but it just never turns into a flame. Washington reunited and given one of the film’s only true dramatic For example, seeing “ Training Day” stars Hawke and And one can reallyįeel this lack of momentum when the film does briefly spark to life. Magnificent Seven” plods from point A to point B to point C. Like it was doing more than servicing the incredibly straightforward plot. Joyful personalities of actors like Washington and Pratt to an end that felt I kept waiting for it to click into gear, to use the As there’s not much to the narrative of aįilm like this one, its success or failure comes down to execution. Guys get together and form an unexpectedly powerful team by combining their unique An evil man must be stopped, and so seven Gentleman named Jack (played by the king of the possibly unstable, Vincent D’Onofrio).Īs usual, the structure of “The Magnificent Seven” is The group is filled out withĪ Native American named Red Harvest ( Martin Sensmeier) and a possibly unstable Chisolm decides to let one of his bounties live and so the fifth “Magnificent” becomes Vasquez ( Manuel Garcia-Rulfo). We also meet one ofĬhisolm’s old colleagues, the PTSD-plagued Goodnight Robicheaux ( Ethan Hawke)Īnd his right-hand man Billy Rocks ( Byung-hun Lee), who’s quick and vicious First, there’s the drunk Irishmanįaraday, played with expected whimsy by a very good Chris Pratt. His fellow stars, but Chisolm is too dull of a hero for an actor this talentedĬhisolm assembles, you guessed it, six men to help defend He has a few good scenes of chemistry with Type, which doesn’t allow Washington many opportunities to show his naturalĬharisma or leadership abilities. Chisolm is a man of justice-introducedĭressed all in black, riding a black horse. Of the citizens of the aforementioned Rose Creek. ( Denzel Washington), a bounty hunter hired by Emma Cullen ( Haley Bennett), one On the other side of the moral coin, we meet Sam Chisolm Too bad we don’t get more time with Sarsgaard in the center of the film because To the ground, exiting it like the devil riding out of Hell. In the opening scene,Īfter terrorizing the God-fearing people of Rose Creek, he burns their church They practically give him a handlebar mustache to twirl. SarsgaardĪnd Fuqua know to hold nothing back with their characterization of true evil. One of those MVPs is Peter Sarsgaard, as theįantastically-named Bartholomew Bogue, the villain of this version.
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