New edition of one of the best Westerns of all time – opinions differ about the remake full of stars

New edition of one of the best Westerns of all

You can watch it on Friday evening modern version of a legendary cult western on TV view. Both films were not only blessed with fame at the time of their release. Nevertheless, over time the first version became more than just famous (even though it was itself a reissue). You can see on television how close the remake of The Magnificent Seven with Denzel Washington and numerous other stars comes to the original.

Friday on TV: That’s what The Magnificent Seven is about

A place is terrorized by criminals and needs to be protected. To do this, the poor residents hire someone with their last money motley crew of gunslingers at. This should not only help the village drive away the attackers, but also teach the locals to defend themselves.

However, the group of helping pistoleros exists not from the conventional western heroes, but brings together a whole lot of really shady guys. There are outlaws, bounty hunters and all sorts of other trigger-happy fellows. Despite their threatening appearance, they ultimately show their best side.

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The Magnificent Seven is the remake of a remake and shines with a star parade

The Magnificent Seven from 2016 is based on the 1960 film of the same name. It is based on the film The Seven Samurai by Akira Kurosawa, which was released in 1954. The story doesn’t differ particularly much from the other two films and the new edition also shares another detail with the original.

In the Asian film The Seven Samurai, it was primarily unknown actors who were able to start their careers here. The first The Magnificent Seven but assembled one directly with Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Lee Van Cleef, Yul Brynner, James Coburn and Horst Buchholz impressive cast.

Exactly The remake also follows the same path with Chris Pratt, Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke, Byung-hun Lee, Vincent D’Onofrio), Martin Sensmeier and Manuel Garcia-Rulfo.

However with mixed success: The film failed to generate too much enthusiasm. This could be due, among other things, to the fact that director Antoine Fuqua has neither seen the original nor is a particularly big Western fan (via: Spiegel Online).

TV or stream: When and where is The Magnificent Seven showing?

ProSieben airs The Magnificent Seven on Friday April 12th at 10:50 p.m out of. A repeat is not planned for the time being.

If you already have something else planned at this point, you can also watch the film with a streaming subscription on Paramount+. It is also available to rent or buy from Magenta TV, Maxdome, Apple TV, Amazon or Google.

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