This week at the cinema

The Magnificent Seven (2016)Genre: WesternCertification: N/ADuration: 132 minutesDirected by: Antoine FuquaStarring: Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D’Onofrio, Byung-hun Lee, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Martin Sensmeier, Haley Bennett, Peter SarsgaardKRS Releasing Ltd Doing a remake of a classic Western film – which in turn was a remake of another iconic Japanese movie by acclaimed director Akira Kurosawa, Seven Samurai (1954) – was never going to be an easy task. Directed by John Sturges and starring Hollywood greats Yul Brynner, Charles Bronson, Steve McQueen and Eli Wallach, the 1960 film remains one of the most popular Westerns ever. Antoine Fuqua, known for such films as Training Day, The Replacement Killers, Tears of the Sun, King Arthur and Olympus Has Fallen, took on the challenge to mixed results despite his grand vision. He based his screenplay on the original one by Kurosawa  and cast Hollywood A-listers such as Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt and Ethan Hawke for his multi-ethnic team of seven outlaws. Aditionally,  James Horner, of Titanic and Avatar fame, composed some of the music score (his friend and music producer  Simon Franglen continued the score...