Yul Brynner
Charles Bronson
Robert Vaughn
Eli Wallach
and James Coburn throwing knives.
What else do I need to say?
The Magnificent Seven is one of my all time favorite westerns. Steve McQueen is my 2nd favorite all time man crush (2nd only to Saint Paul Newman). The movie was based on the Japanese film Seven Samurai. In these films a group of guns (swords) for hire are bought at a discounted price to help protect a farming village from the bandits. In time they sympathize with the farmers and learn something about themselves in the mean time. The farmers sell them out when the going gets tough, but they stick with the farmers, and their guns for the greater good.
It is a classic story that has been told a dozens times. Including Pixar's A Bug's Life is basically the same story. Of course Seven Samurai is one of the greatest movies ever made, so it is hard to compare the two. But even having said that I think The Magnificent Seven stands its own ground.
This movie also has one of the most recognizable theme songs in it. Google the trailer and I am sure you will be humming it all day. I give The Magnificent Seven ★★★★1/2.
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