With the face-paced action, witty humor, and a racially diverse cast, the film The Magnificent 7 was enjoyable but with its half-baked revenge plot and the lack of originality, the 2016 remake didn’t live up to the original nor its own title.

The Magnificent 7 is a 2016 American western action film. It’s a reimagination of the original 1960 film of the same name.

The film does boast a star-studded cast, starring Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Vincent D’Onofrio, Lee Byung-hun, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, and Peter Sarsgaard.

The plot line of the 2016 remake differs from the original; in the remake, a corrupt industrialist Bartholomew Bogue terrorizes a small mining town of Rose Creek and slaughters a group of locals. In the original film, a Mexican village is periodically raided for food and supplies by Calvera and his bandits. In both films, a group of seven righteous gunslingers help the town from its tyrants.

The Magnificent Seven was praised for its casting but got mixed reviews for story line.

Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a 63% approval rating with mixed reviews stating, “The Magnificent Seven never really lives up to the superlative in its title.”

Journalists like Wendy Ide have also praised the new and  slightly improved cast but criticizes the plot.

“An update of the 1960s classic refreshes the racial mix but leaves the cliches intact,” said Ide in The Guardian.

However, not everyone agrees as the film has made $148.7 million in the box office since its release on September 23.

Even though it lacks some originality, The Magnificent 7 does bring back excitement for Western films for the younger generation with its charismatic characters and classic western action.