Review of The Magnificent Seven (2016) by Axet — 24 Sep 2016

Another remake. Another mindless utterly formulaic excruciating bore. Even for a younger generation unfamiliar with westerns this has got to come off as a stale, uninspired, painfully paint-by-the-numbers worthless waste of time. How many endless gunfights where you can't even tell who is shooting who can anyone with a brain find entertaining? So what if the casting is more diverse. That doesn't make a movie.

The villain is woefully miscast. He's not a bad actor, but for this role? Come on! And if any star could give this thing life, it's the never less than exceptional always reliable Denzel (one of my favorite actors), but this thing is so thin even he can't remotely save it. And he is not exactly thin himself as he appears in this to be in his worst shape ever on screen.

At least it's not poorly shot and crafted by hacks who delusionally think they are game changers. No it's just a soulless empty bore.