By Travis Johnson
One cool thing about Antoine Fuqua’s upcoming remake of The Magnificent Seven (a remake we should all be cool with because of its history, right fellas?) is that they haven’t just transcribed the pre-existing characters into the new movie. While the seven ronin in Seven Samurai map onto the seven gunslingers in The Magnificent Seven quite neatly if you squint a bit around Horst Buchholz, the new crew are all fresh to the mythos, it seems, although you could argue that Denzel Washington is playing Yul Brynner, I guess. But the rest? There’s a kung fu dude, a Native American guy (called Red Harvest – well played, Nic Pizzolatto!) and a whole host of ornery outlaw types.
Including the great Vincent D’Onofrio as this guy, Jack Horne, a grizzled mountain man who found god somewhere out in the wilderness – although clearly a god that doesn’t mind him wailing on dudes with a tomahawk.
The Magnificent Seven hits cinemas on September 29, and we can’t wait.
Horne’s winded and gasping voice as he kills the pigeon bros after tracking them for 2 days, presumably without food, is straight gangster fire. D’Onofrio’s portrayal of a seasoned hunter/worker/mercenary who has found redemption in the Lord is subtle poetry. A true tor d’force that out performs the other more glamorous 6 even as he lilts away from glory on the screen
Horn is alive walks behind the preacher as chilsom calls to preacher…then he is in the grave with his tombstone
Jack horne played out as one of the best characters in this movie in my opinion