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Denzel Washington rides high in The Magnificent Seven

Life, Published on 14/10/2016

» Denzel Washington looks just right high in the saddle, which makes sense given that he's become our John Wayne -- our point-and-shoot saviour. It's a funny business being a hero these days, and Washington has the resume to prove it, with characters -- a corrupt cop, a drug kingpin -- that would have been unthinkable for Wayne, who saved the day when the lines between right and wrong were more rigidly defined. Those lines have blurred, of course, and good guys went sort of bad and sometimes very bad, partly because we like it like that. (It feels so good.)