The film also features a dominant female performance by Haley Bennett ( The Equalizer, Hardcore Henry) who shows as much true grit as her male co-stars. The truth of the West is more modern than the movies have been.вЂќ Fuque tells Vulture that вЂњThere were a lot of black cowboys, a lot of Native Americans Asians working on the railroads. ItвЂ™s a decision Fuqua arguesВ reflects historical reality more than it does any attempt to modernize the story. It may sound like an unusual mix of characters for a period piece, but the final product felt like one of the least-forced diversified casting in recent memory and is actually not too unrealistic either. The Magnificent Seven is quick-shooting, dynamite-blasting evidence that the filmmakers and executives behind it agree that onscreen diversity is important, but not that they understand that diversity might mean something more than simply having characters of color show up.вЂќ via Buzzfeed.ДЇuqua incorporatedВ diverse casting decisions such as African-American Denzel Washington, Korean Byung-hun Lee and Mexican Manuel Garcia-Rulfo. As a sheer feat of casting, it feels like it deserves a salute - a $100ish million remake of a 1960 WesternВ in which four of the titular seven arenвЂ™t white. вЂњThe Magnificent Seven, like another recent ragtag-band-of-outsiders-saving-the-day movie, Suicide Squad, is an awkward milestone in HollywoodвЂ™s ongoing and urgent conversation about representation. And thank God for that.Д«ut some disagree with FuquaвЂ™s casting decisions. Fortunately, he was able to sway the studio to give him a more diverse cast that audiences could relate to. When Fuqua met with studio executives to begin casting, he found the cast originally selected were all white. The relevancy of the subject is undeniable, but without a completely perfect cast, this would be a tough film to sell for a third time.

WeвЂ™re still dealing with people who are abusing other people, burning up the churches, killing people in the streets.вЂќ Antoine Fuqua via IndieWire They were fighting against something bigger than themselves.В WeвЂ™re still dealing with people who are just terrorizing other people. And the idea that perfect strangers that may be a little rough around the edges, flawed characters, can still do the right thing. вЂњOne of the most important things is that I believe in what Kurosawa said Seven Samurai, and what Sturges continued: People coming together to stop tyranny. What initially had me apprehensive about the film was the desire to re-create a classic, albeit one IвЂ™ve never seen, but Fuqua impressed me with his reasoning for re-opening this Western file. The seven include Chisolm (Denzel Washington), Josh Faraday (Chris Pratt), Goodnight Robicheaux (Ethan Hawke), Jack Horne (Vincent DвЂ™Onofrio), Billy Rocks (Byung-hun Lee), Vasquez (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo) and Red Harvest (Martin Sensmeier). The film follows seven gun men in 1879 in the old west who gradually come together to help a poor village against corrupt industrialistВ Bartholomew Bogue (Peter Sarsgaard). As Trevor DueckВ noticed вЂњSummer 2016В was a bit lackluster, but the September-to-December offerings should renew our love for film withВ some well-told stories.В It was kind of funny to see how many people were pissed off that they made a remake of The Magnificent Seven.В Regardless, this film has two of HollywoodвЂ™s most bankable stars in Denzel Washington and Chris Pratt.вЂќ Whether or not you believeВ this is a story in need ofВ of re-tellling, Funqua cites our current political atmosphereВ is the perfect opportunity to modernize a classic with diverse heroes attempting to halt political corruption.Д¬inephiles have to wait until the Fall for studios unleashВ the Oscar contenders and more substantialВ blockbusters. The Magnificent Seven (1960) is actually a remake of the 1954 Japanese epic Seven Samurai. IвЂ™m also not a fan of Westerns or shoot-em-up flicks, so what sold me on The Magnificent Seven? Generations of Magnificence If youвЂ™re familiar with my reviews, youвЂ™ll knowВ that IвЂ™m not the biggest fan of remakes or reboots, especially when youвЂ™re tapping into golden nostalgia. Now, director Antoine Funque ( Training Day) has decided to resurrect a nearly extinct genre for a new generation of cowboys. ItвЂ™s been 56 years since Yul Brynner and Steve McQueen burst onto the screen introducing a generation to one of the greatest Westerns of all time.

вЂњWhat we lost in the fire, weвЂ™ll find in the ashes.вЂќ

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