The Magnificent Seven
Haley Bennett ’s character Emma ended a seditious boundary to the 2016 remake ofThe Magnificent Seven . The originalMagnificent Sevenwas itself a remake of Akira Kurosawa ’s classicSeven Samurai . This 1954 epic poem view a ring of seven warrior brought together to defend a pitiable village from raiders . The 1960 remake brought together a powerhouse mould , including Yul Brynner , Steve McQueen , James Coburn , and Charles Bronson , with the scene flip-flop to the old westward .
The film became something of an instant classic and was one of the first movies to engender a long - pass franchise . Brynner come back for 1966’sReturn Of The Magnificent Seven , which was a lukewarm reheat of the first movie . Despite looking nothing like him , George Kennedy take over as Brynner ’s fictitious character Chris for 1969’sGuns Of The Magnificent Seven , while the casting musical chairs go forward with Lee Van Cleef ( Escape From New York ) play the role inThe Magnificent Seven Ride , which ended the original movie series . A TV adaptation arrived in 1998 and run for two season , with Michael Biehn and Ron Perlman among the dramatis personae .
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A befittingly epic cast was assembled for 2016’sThe Magnificent Seven , including Denzel Washington , Ethan Hawke , and Lee Byung - hun . The film was directed by Washington’sTraining Dayhelmer Antoine Fuqua , who adds a raft more variety to his ancestry - up of the seven , including a Mexican outlaw , a Korean tongue expert and a Comanche warrior . The biggest change - up involves the group being hired by a woman , play by Haley Bennett .
Bennett plays Emma Cullen , whose husband is murdered inThe glorious Seven’sopening by villain Bogue , who is forcing her town to work as slave parturiency in his excavation cognitive process . While not officially part of the nominal group , Cullen becomes an indispensable member . While it ’s clear she ’s partially actuate by revenge , what she really want is to save her township and its people from Bogue , and she ’s willing to risk her life to do it . Unlike other sometime western motion-picture show , she ’s not there to be kidnapped , rescued or avenged , as she ’s able-bodied to shoot a gun and is a key part of the township building its defense team .
When marksman Goodnight Robicheaux ( Ethan Hawke ) loses his boldness the nighttime beforeThe splendid Seven’sfinal battle , Emma step up to take his spot in the combat ; she even superintend to deliver Washington ’s Chisholm in the final gunplay . Haley Bennett ’s Emma was a great , subversive addition to the ensemble , summate a more human tactual sensation to the traditional note - up of stoic , badass gunfighters while find the strength to press ahead through her own fear .
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Luke Grimes and Haley Bennett in The Magnificent Seven (2016)
