A film where a talented director and superstar actor are simply going through the motions, lending an undertone of apathy that’s impossible to overcome.
A film where a talented director and superstar actor are simply going through the motions, lending an undertone of apathy that’s impossible to overcome.
An emotionally hollow film about a man’s flight from slavery.
Director Antoine Fuqua is adept at creating intensity and suspense, and this film ramps up the stress level almost to a breaking point.
Between the moralizing life lessons that are spouted at full volume intensity, director Antoine Fuqua doesn’t shy away from graphic violence: bones crunch during hand-to-hand combat, blood spurts from knife wounds, and heads are blown apart with guns.
LOUISA: MATT: LOUISA SAYS: I was more than a little excited to see Antoine Fuqua‘s remake of “The Magnificent Seven,” a remake (of a remake)