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70Trust Points
Wick's Review
Summary - Very Good 3.5
Samurai cowboys save a poor village in ye old Mexico, riding in to one of the greatest themes of all time. Fifty years on, the all-star cast impresses less than the bravura music — the Marlboro jingle still arouses.
The Magnificent Seven famously remakes Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai, following its seminal Samurai movie tropes to the letter – seven warriors assemble, fighting for honor more than money, winning by engineering traps that ensnare their numerically superior enemy. Excellent, but the Japanese do this much better than we Americans. Plus, each star gets only a fraction of the screen-time, making The Magnificent Seven less than magnificent overall.
Acting - Great 4.0
Yul Brynner leads the pack, appropriately so.
Steve McQueen – soon the Most Popular Movie Star in the World – rides next to him.
Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn & James Coburn helped round out the Magnificent Seven. All-star indeed.
Eli Wallach – before he was old – ably inhabits the evil bandito they must neutralize.
Male Stars - Great 4.0
Female Stars - Great 4.0
None really, but don't want to drag down the acting scores.Female Costars - Great 4.0
Male Costars - Great 4.0
Film - Very Good 3.5
John Sturges, able director of big movies with big male stars, harnesses the half dozen huge egos The Magnificent Seven had on set.
Elmer Bernstein has numerous great scores to his credit, though none top this. Magnificent aptly describes the swelling it causes in the hearts of listeners.