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The Magnificent Seven Ride!

Play trailer Poster for The Magnificent Seven Ride! PG Released Aug 1, 1972 1h 40m Western Play Trailer Watchlist
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Erstwhile gunslinger Chris Adams (Lee Van Cleef) has put his rowdy days behind him, settling down with a wife (Mariette Hartley) and serving as the sheriff of his town in the Arizona territory. So when his old pal Jim Mackay (Ralph Waite) asks for help defending the border town of Magdalena, Mexico, from a marauding bandit named De Toro, Chris refuses. It's only after De Toro's gang kidnaps Chris's wife that he changes his mind, enlisting a cutthroat gang of prisoners to help him.
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Audience Member I actually like this from a little better than some of the other ones, but all of the magnificent seven are good James Welch, Henderson, Arkansas October 14, 2023 Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 10/15/23 Full Review Sparky B ugh.......i fell asleep. 😴 Rated 2 out of 5 stars 08/05/23 Full Review Audience Member It was called 'The ... Ride' but there was not much riding happening. A pity because the horses were the best actors in the film. I feel sorry for the cast though as the screenplay looked like it had been written by Donald Trump. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Audience Member Very ordinary. At times it looks a deliberate spoof on 60s westerns, it's that mediocre. A big disappointment after the original Magnificent Seven. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Audience Member Watchable, but nothing special. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review dustin d The Magnificent Seven Ride! is a baffling sequel in a series that had run out of steam after the first film. It has a "here we go again" vibe as Chris Adams (now played by Lee Van Cleef) is dragged once again into a situation where he needs a posse of seven to save a Mexican village. Seriously, how many times should we be subjected to the exact same premise? I have a feeling the filmmakers wanted to ride Sam Peckinpah's coattails following the success of The Wild Bunch. There is even a pathetic scene where the seven descend on a hacienda guarded over by a machine gun that can't even compare with The Wild Bunch. I believe they were also trying to imitate the darker tone of Peckinpah's western, with lots of references with rape, rape and more rape. Van Cleef's much younger wife is raped and murdered, and he finds a recently widowed rape victim to team-up with. There's a creepy scene where the seven are paired up with women in the town to be their helpers, with an implication they could help in any way imaginable. It almost feels like a straight-to-video exploitation film. Elmer Bernstein's rousing theme clashes uncomfortably with the material. This movie is also painfully missing an "assembling the team" sequence. We don't really get to know the characters. Chris goes to a prison and recruits his team Dirty Dozen-style and tells them important things about their characters: "You are good with explosives." Why would he need to tell them that? It is almost like he's explaining this to an unseen observer, while promising them there will be explosions later, so don't walk out on the film. I did like Van Cleef as Chris. He has a sinister intensity that makes him exciting to watch. Overall, this was a misguided film that feels like a cynical attempt to cash in on the Magnificent Seven brand while imitating better movies. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Erstwhile gunslinger Chris Adams (Lee Van Cleef) has put his rowdy days behind him, settling down with a wife (Mariette Hartley) and serving as the sheriff of his town in the Arizona territory. So when his old pal Jim Mackay (Ralph Waite) asks for help defending the border town of Magdalena, Mexico, from a marauding bandit named De Toro, Chris refuses. It's only after De Toro's gang kidnaps Chris's wife that he changes his mind, enlisting a cutthroat gang of prisoners to help him.
Director
George McCowan
Producer
William A. Calihan
Screenwriter
Arthur Rowe
Distributor
United Artists
Production Co
Mirisch Production Company
Rating
PG
Genre
Western
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 1, 1972, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 16, 2008
Runtime
1h 40m
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