Magnificent Seven, The

I often work until late at night, and when I come home from work, I normally need about half an hour to wind down before going to bed. I normally turn the TV on and am disappointed by what I find. A couple of years ago, I switched on the TV and saw that The Magnificent Seven was on. Being a great fan of the film, and having not seen it in a while, I turned it on and settled in, ready to watch. To my surprise, I found myself watching what appeared to be a modern version of the film, with a slightly different tale. I hadn't heard of any remake being done, and was quite surprised, so I googled it and found that it was the feature length pilot of a TV series based on the ...  Read the complete review

I've been a western fan all my life and one of my favourite films is The Magnificent Seven. So when I heard they had made a series based on the film I was over the moon. But could the TV series be as good as the film. Like many other film based series you have to take the good episodes with the bad, Just look at Stargate SG1 and Alien Nation, Although Stargate SG1 has improved as the series goes. So far I have enjoyed The Magnificent Seven and we are now in the 2nd season which has just started on ITV. The pilot episode was a homage to the film showing the seven coming together to protect a small seminole village from raids by a confederate army looking for ...  Read the complete review