The Magnificent Seven [Blu-ray] [1960]

This is an old movie from early of the western genre. The plot is quite simple, some mexican farmers from a small village hire gunmen to clean (wipe) their village free from bandits who frequently comes back and violently claim to be given food and other merchandises. These gunmens who accept to help get rid of the bandits are shown as cold and tough guys, but also have got their own personal problems and dreams, their stories are told in details. We are given a lot of actions trought the whole movie and of course in the ending battle (actually 2 battles since the bandits reorganised and wanted revenge? It ends very badly for the most of the gunmen because the odds were very bad in the first place (6:1). Only 3 of those 7 survived. The special thing with this movie is that all of the actors were very young, and later they become even more famous stars in the western genre, and others. But what is most important with this movie? It is made in 1960, still the picture and sound quality is so fantastic that only Blu-ray with top restoration can show it, simply marvellous! Not only picture is excellent, the landscape scenery in this movie is extremally beautiful and breathtaking. Truly a collectors dream!

If you are a western fan you will enjoy this film. If you haven't already seen it do so now. It was one of the earliest westerns to feature a modern more natural dialogue, with many witty one-liners which were just as entertaining as the stock shooting and fighting scenes. It set the scene for many westerns that followed. I have also seen the Seven Samurai (on which it is based) and did not enjoy its subtitles and dark and brooding atmosphere in which it was sometimes difficult to distinguish who was fighting whom. The Magnificent Seven is a light, bright, full of action western movie. The actors are all superb - most of them were unknown and went on to carve out major careers after this film. The direction is first class, the dialogue is snappy, the music memorable and the photography excellent. The Blu-ray reproduction is out of this world and well worth having in your collection. PS. I have just seen the 2016 remake. It is good in its way with some tremendous action sequences. But the quality of the sound track is very poor, in terms of the dialogue. This is of course a common problem with modern movies.

A classic remake of the 'Seven Samurai' that was made in Japan around six years earlier. The western has a fantastic group of up and coming stars who support Yul Brynner. Steve Mcqueen's tries his hardest to steal the show from Brynner, but I don't think he does. During the making of the film Mcqueen would complain to his friend Robert Vaughn about Brynner having a bigger horse, or a bigger gun,and even tried distraction techniques to catch the eye of the audience when he was in the background by doing things like playing with his hat. Brynner told him if he kept on with this tactic he would simply move in position to block Mcqueen out of the shot completely. A great action and adventure film with great music too..............

Well Elmer bernstein ..what a soundtrack followed by the Coolest cowboys around..im not really a fan of westerns ..except john Wayne.. the cowboys..true grit and the Shootist..nothing else

Classic but of its time.

Yes this Blu ray release of The Magnificent Seven is the best the film has looked. There is so much more sharpness to the original film, and makes the old video tape releases look rather sub standard compared to this. You can tell that the soundtrack in the movie has been cleaned up and the dialogue too, creating a whole new experience of the movie with the capabilities of this superior format. Tremendous service from Amazon yet again, arrived in lovely time, it is also a considerable upgrade from the normal DVD release, I personally could tell straight away, it's all more vivid and audiable.

Great film, only disappointment was that the sound was too low, we had to turn the volume on the t.v. way up to be able to hear it, other than that it isagreat film.

Classic western, I feel that this is better than the recent remake even though this is a remake of the 7 Samurai. Great music score lots of gun fights, and tellng interactions between the 7 and the villagers. I am really pleased to have finally got this on blu ray. Good interviews with the actors and others involved in making the film.

A classic of its genre that has inspired a lot of other Westerns. A must have if you are a collector of Westerns and/or movies in general!

Eigentlich muß man zu dem Film nichts mehr sagen, ist ja eh klasse. Aber das Original der Hammer vor allem Jul Brynners Stimme. Superschneller Versand und klasse Preis perfekt!!!!

The color and clarity were outstanding on this amazing Western film!

Great !!!

Film ist nur auf englisch habe ich nicht bemerkt beim bestellen oder war nicht richtig beschrieben