Review: 'The Magnificent Seven' rides again, with more guns

Deciding to remake "The Magnificent Seven " with a fresh batch of movie stars is certainly no sin.

John Sturges' 1960 tome, itself a remake of Akira Kurosawa's classic "Seven Samurai," is a fun confection of star power and charismatic bravado, sure, but held in such high esteem probably more because of Elmer Bernstein's iconic score than anything else.

Bernstein's score is given a few nods throughout the film, but saved in full for the final credits.

[...] it's left to the actors to carry us through the over two-hour running time.

All dialogue, however, gets drowned out eventually as the movie gives way to the extremely long and frustratingly illogical final showdown with a Marvel-sized body count that nonetheless provides some exhilarating moments for Washington, Pratt and a few others.

The Magnificent Seven," a Sony Pictures release, is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for "extended and intense sequences of Western violence, and for historical smoking, some language and suggestive material.