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The Magnificent Seven – International Edition (Film: The Magnificent Seven – Denzel Washington, 2016)

The Japanese master Akira Kurosawa is credited for the original script (and remarkable movie) Seven Samurai made in 1954. Six years later an American remake named The Magnificent Seven provided one of the exception of that rule too often true which … Continue reading

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the quiet exterminator (Film: The Equalizer – Denzel Washington, 2014)

Robert McCall (Denzel Washington) should be a super-hero. After all only a super-hero can destroy in 28 seconds the US East Coast  command center of the Russian mafia (actually exceeding by 9 seconds his plans), can survive an army of … Continue reading

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not a high mountain (Film: Olympus Has Fallen – Antoine Fuqua, 2013)

Gods do not seem to aim too high nowadays, not in the cinema industry anyway. Olympus Has Fallen is one of the relatively successful action movies of 2013. Audiences did not rush in masses but did not avoid it either, … Continue reading

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