The Magnificent Seven Ride! 1972 123movies

Watch: The Magnificent Seven Ride! 1972 123movies, Full Movie Online – After his last adventure in the Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969), the former leader of the Seven and now a married U.S. Marshall, Chris Adams, declines his old friend Jim McKay’s invitation to stop the outlaw De Toro and his marauding gang of bandits from attacking the Mexican border town of Magdalena. Filled with guilt, Chris decides to visit the town–now inhabited by widows–before the tough band’s imminent return, having no other choice but to recruit a brand-new team of unlikely defenders. As always, the odds are against them. Can the new Magnificent Seven and the town’s defenceless women put an end to De Toro’s reign of terror?.
Plot: Marshal Chris Adams turns down a friend’s request to help stop the depredations of a gang of Mexican bandits. When his wife is killed by bank robbers and his friend is killed capturing the last thief, Chris feels obligated to take up his friend’s cause and recruits a writer and five prisoners to destroy the desperadoes.The last in the original series of four “Magnificent Seven” movies.
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Reviews:

This one broke all the rules
This ain’t your grandfather’s western. It’s disturbing, cynical, morally ambiguous, and despite the stunningly bright visuals and bouncy themesong by Elmer Bernstein, it’s one of the darkest westerns I’ve ever seen. I couldn’t help but wonder if this film served as the template for the Eastwood masterpiece UNFORGIVEN that would come 20 years later.

Unlike your classic westerns where the hero is infallable and can shoot the dandruff off a cockroach at 100 yards, this presents a realistic protagonist: a man who is troubled by questions of morality, one who doesn’t always have the perfect plan, one who makes some pretty bad judgements and has to pay the price.

There are some real gems of dialogue that illustrate this human factor, delivered brilliantly by Lee Van Cleef in the role of Chris.

A priest says: “God works in mysterious ways.”

Chris retorts: “Yeah, he confuses the heck out of me, too.”

And throughout the film we get similar insight into the soul of a man who, despite his decades of experience, still doesn’t have any answers–at least none that he can convince himself about, despite his bravado. For that reason alone, I rate this as one of my favourite westerns. Like the aforementioned UNFORGIVEN, this is one of the rare westerns that shows us what real life is about, not comic book goodguy/badguy stuff.

I can only assume that’s why this film doesn’t seem to be well received. The earlier MAG7 films seemed to be a clearcut war between right & wrong, whereas MAG7 RIDE gives us a war between two different forms of insanity. This presents a much more challenging story to follow. Viewers might be confused at how a “good guy” can leave his friends to die, or how he doesn’t fight fair. But to me–and maybe to you–it gives the story a lot more substance. It also makes the story very unpredictable right from the beginning, and as a result it’s one of the most suspenseful westerns I’ve seen.

A word about Stefanie Powers: FREAKIN AMAZING. Good golly miss molly, I didn’t know she could act! If you think all she can do is “Hart to Hart” you gotta check this film out for her performance alone. It’s a tough role, because she plays the emotional character amidst a backdrop of cold, leathery gunslingers. This formula is nothing new for western heroines; however I’ve noticed in other films the emotional heroine is too melodramatic, reducing her to the absurd. Stefanie, on the other hand, delivers the perfect subtle performance: very human yet not hysterical. She’s smart, wise (in many cases wiser than any other character)… and I gotta say it… what a looker! You’ll find your eyes glued to her in every scene.

A final note, for anyone who notices this sort of thing: horses. As with all old westerns we see a fair number of horses getting thrown around. I went back & watched these scenes in slowmo, and I’m pretty sure that these were trained horses who fell without harm. Unlike RETURN OF THE MAG7 which was absolutely brutal (in one case you see a trip wire pop up, sending a 40mph, 2000lb horse onto its head–I doubt that horse ever got up again), these horses always fall to the side and roll safely. It always sucks when you learn how many horses are killed in these old westerns, but this film seemed to be pretty tame in that respect. Well, enough of that. The bottom line is I really enjoyed this film, and if any of this review made sense to you, I think you’ll really like it, too. Go Ride(!) to your nearest video store and check it out. (gawd that was a cheezy line. Maybe I’ll edit it out later)

Two Ways to Evaluate “Magnificent Seven Returns”
I would bet a month’s salary “The Magnificent Seven Returns” (MSR) was made-for-TV. Other reviewers attest that MSR was a theatrical movie, and I’ll take their word for it. The logical answer must assume it was originally shot for TV, and after a change-of-studio-heart, it was released theatrically instead. Every actor is primarily a TV actor: Mariette Hartley, Michael Callen, Ralfe Waite, Stephanie Powers… TV performers all. Lee Van Cleef split his time between TV and theater screens. Stephanie Powers has only made 3 or 4 “real” movie appearances in the last thirty years of a very prolific television career. Minor players are veteran small-screen actors who can be seen on old reruns of “Gunsmoke”, “Wild Wild West”,”Streets of San Francisco,” and so on.

The ho-hum sets are identical to the Universal Studios Tour sets, often seen in old episodic TV. And the editing betrays the one-or-two-takes-hurriedness of TV, with limited camera movements, positioning, cutting, and lighting. The sound track, exclusive of the original Berstein themes, are straight from seventies television. Yep, I’d bet money it was shot for TV.

That’s an important point in evaluating MSR. Initially I watched MSR on cable assuming it was an old theatrical release. In comparison to the original “Magnificent Seven”, it’s a joke, a cartoon, an amateurish attempt at movie making. Acting, lighting, writing, settings, action, cinematography, music (exempting the Berstein themes), editing, pacing,…on and on….all pale in comparison to the classic “Magnificent Seven” which is close to the perfect 60’s western, and one of the great action movies of all time.

However, viewed as an early 70’s made-for-TV movie, the film is actually better than average. Those unfortunate enough to live through the 70’s as an adult, know what I’m talking about. MSR would have competed favorably with “Alias Smith and Jones” and similarly bland network shows. During the seventies, “Gunsmoke” was a quality show, concentrating on character development rather than action, deemphasizing gun play to two shootouts a week. MSR has more action than a whole season of “Gunsmoke.” In this light – in this frame of reference – MSR is passable entertainment, a cut above the TV fare from that decade.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 40 min (100 min)
Budget 3000000
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated PG
Genre Action, Western
Director George McCowan
Writer Arthur Rowe
Actors Lee Van Cleef, Stefanie Powers, Michael Callan
Country United States
Awards N/A
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory DeLuxe (color by) (as Deluxe®)
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm