The Magnificent Seven (1998–2000)
2/10
Just terrible, embarrassing, and full of left-wing Hollywood cliches
12 January 2019
Occasional good acting, sometimes, and occasional re-use of Elmer Bernstein's iconic score just cannot save this from the moronic script.

The alleged lead, "Chris," tries too hard to emulate Clint Eastwood -- same facial grimaces and twitches -- from those equally iconic Italian Westerns.

"Vin" just walks through his part, maybe like a character from a Marvel comics movie -- lots of swagger but too cliched to be believable.

Apparently a lot of money was spent, as witness the sheer numbers of people involved, but that money could have been better spent on a better script from a better writer.

Perhaps use of another title would not have led us to expect anything -- after all, it was for TV.

But in my experience, it is some of the silliest, most cliched, cardboard characterizations by any writer I've seen in decades. Did I say "terrible" yet?

One more warning: This awful movie is disguised at YouTube as the 2016 version. So be warned if you try to see it there. Why YouTube allows such dishonesty is beyond me.
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