The Magnificent Seven [DVD] [1960] [2016]

Great', old movie'in best style of the sixties.

Euro disaster film with the big American starsNot bad.

just what I wanted but took sometime to del

I really like the music and cast that holds the screen with action

OK, we all know what we're getting here. This is the most classic of classic Westerns, brim full of top acting talent, superbly directed and with an iconic score.Based on the Japanese film the 7 Samurai, this follows the fortunes of a group of seven mercenaries, who, for a variety of reasons ride off to defend a small Mexican village against the evil Calvera (Eli Wallach) and his gang of bandits, seemingly insurmountable odds. Led by the enigmatic and dangerously cool Chris (Yul Brynner in top form) the gang is a motley crew, with wrecked gamblers, fortune hunters, idealistic young kids and grizzly mercenaries. The seven leads and villain give it their all, and a wonderfully entertaining film is the result.I always enjoyed this film as it works on two levels. Firstly it is a great wild west romp, with a hint of a moral tale. Secondly, due to the strength of the acting talent on screen it is a wonderful character study, as the motives of the seven as they ride to apparent suicide are studied. Even Calvera's character is explored with great effect. But the film never gets lost in this aspect, it always keeps the aim of being an entertaining adventure firmly in view.This DVD is an excellent presentation. The print has been nicely cleaned up, presented in the original widescreen and has a 5.1 soundtrack. There are a host of extras, including a documentary, stills, original trailers, and trailers for some of the (inferior!) sequels.An excellent presentation of a wonderfully entertaining film.

Great entertainment but I always felt Eli Wallach was miscast as the bandit leader, he was too American (not his fault) but surely they could have cast a much more sinister Mexican actor in the role?

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.

did not work apparently needed a up dated dvd

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