Slick but forgettable, Fuqua’s suicide squad is a macho posse movie that could use a jab of fun. It’s The Magnificent Seven, but the “magnificent” is silent.
Not quite magnificent but certainly Fuqua’s best since Training Day and a rare remake that actually delivers. Yee-haw!
Denzel Washington leads a new gang of gunslingers in Antoine Fuqua's flawed but entertaining remake.
There are nods to the rich visual tradition and symbolism of the Western, but The Magnificent Seven is more concerned with riding into multiplex land as a mainstream action film.
The sheer brilliance of these latter scenes justify this new version of an old favourite and shows us just why westerns are still worth making.
Antoine Fuqua’s superhero-style take on the 1960 western has a starry cast, from Denzel Washington to Ethan Hawke, but his gunslingers seem to have taken their cue from Blazing Saddles.
An update of the 1960s classic refreshes the racial mix but leaves the cliches intact.
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