by Erik Henriksen
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Elmer Bernstein's rousing theme for 1960’s The Magnificent Seven doesn’t turn up in the The Magnificent Seven: 2016 Edition until the end credits. But when it finally starts playing, it’s enough to make you want to get up, walk out of theater, and head home to watch the original. And then maybe all four hours of Seven Samurai, the movie that movie was a remake of.
To its credit, this third Magnificent Seven doesn’t try to ape either Kurosawa or the 1960 film. This is an all-out Antoine Fuqua production, with the director doing a solid job transporting his fast-cut action to the old west. If one thing can be said of this Seven in comparison to previous iterations, it’s that this one definitely has the most explosions.