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September 23, 2016

At the Movies: ‘The Magnificent Seven' rides again, with more guns

By LINDSEY BAHR
AP Film Writer

Director Antoine Fuqua brings a modern vision to the story of seven mercenaries hired to defend a small town.

Deciding to remake “The Magnificent Seven” with a fresh batch of movie stars is certainly no sin. John Sturges' 1960 tome, itself a remake of Akira Kurosawa's classic “Seven Samurai,” is a fun confection of star power and charismatic bravado, sure, but held in such high esteem probably more because of Elmer Bernstein's iconic score than anything else. Plus, who doesn't enjoy a ragtag group of outlaws banding together to defeat a powerful bully?


 
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