Finished watching The Magnificent Seven, directed by Antoine Fuqua and staring Peter Sarsgaard, Haley Bennett, Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Byung-hun Lee, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Vincent D'Onofrio and Martin Sensmeier. The film opens in the mining town of Rose Creek where businessman Bartholomew Borge (Peter Sarsgaard) takes the town for himself in order to make money from the mine located on the outside of the town. After the death of her husband by Bartholomew Emma Cullen (Haley Bennett) travels to a nearby town where she finds help in the form of Sam Chisolm (Denzel Washington) who along with his new aquantince Joshua Faraday (Chris Pratt) form a team consisting of Goodnight Robicheaux (Ethan Hawke), Billy Rocks (Byung-hun Lee), Vasquez (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo), Jack Horne (Vincent D'Onofrio) and Red Harvest (Martin Sensmeier), in hopes to help Emma and the townsfolk of Rose Creek to take back their town from Bartholomew Borge. Overall this was a good film as it revitalises the Western genre and makes it feel like it never left thanks to the classic traits and conventions the film uses. The character interactions are great which is a credit to the acting as everyone works of each other exceptionally well which makes some of their development and story progression more personal and impactful. The action is great as director Antoine Fuqua combines the great choreography of the western fight with great camera angles and timely paced editing. The music is very indicative of the 1960 version while also having its own take on the main theme. Additionally the rest of the score by James Horner and Simon Franglen helps to build the tension in curtain places of the film and help set the mood in others. 7.5/10.
Friday 30 September 2016
The Magnificent Seven Film Review
Finished watching The Magnificent Seven, directed by Antoine Fuqua and staring Peter Sarsgaard, Haley Bennett, Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Byung-hun Lee, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Vincent D'Onofrio and Martin Sensmeier. The film opens in the mining town of Rose Creek where businessman Bartholomew Borge (Peter Sarsgaard) takes the town for himself in order to make money from the mine located on the outside of the town. After the death of her husband by Bartholomew Emma Cullen (Haley Bennett) travels to a nearby town where she finds help in the form of Sam Chisolm (Denzel Washington) who along with his new aquantince Joshua Faraday (Chris Pratt) form a team consisting of Goodnight Robicheaux (Ethan Hawke), Billy Rocks (Byung-hun Lee), Vasquez (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo), Jack Horne (Vincent D'Onofrio) and Red Harvest (Martin Sensmeier), in hopes to help Emma and the townsfolk of Rose Creek to take back their town from Bartholomew Borge. Overall this was a good film as it revitalises the Western genre and makes it feel like it never left thanks to the classic traits and conventions the film uses. The character interactions are great which is a credit to the acting as everyone works of each other exceptionally well which makes some of their development and story progression more personal and impactful. The action is great as director Antoine Fuqua combines the great choreography of the western fight with great camera angles and timely paced editing. The music is very indicative of the 1960 version while also having its own take on the main theme. Additionally the rest of the score by James Horner and Simon Franglen helps to build the tension in curtain places of the film and help set the mood in others. 7.5/10.
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