As is usually the case with the hottest movie releases, some of our readers were lucky enough to enjoy an advanced screening of THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN.

It was a case of ‘you snooze, you lose’, because tickets went at a rapid rate and some readers were left disappointed.

Relax, deep breaths, because the action movie with an all-action cast hits Ster-Kinekor cinemas today.

In case you’ve somehow missed the hype around this one here’s a little write-up:

Director Antoine Fuqua brings his modern vision to a classic story in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures’ and Columbia Pictures’ The Magnificent Seven.

With the town of Rose Creek under the deadly control of industrialist Bartholomew Bogue (Peter Sarsgaard), the desperate townspeople, led by Emma Cullen (Haley Bennett), employ protection from seven outlaws, bounty hunters, gamblers and hired guns – Sam Chisolm (Denzel Washington), Josh Farraday (Chris Pratt), Goodnight Robicheaux (Ethan Hawke), Jack Horne (Vincent D’Onofrio), Billy Rocks (Byung-Hun Lee), Vasquez (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo), and Red Harvest (Martin Sensmeier).

As they prepare the town for the violent showdown that they know is coming, these seven mercenaries find themselves fighting for more than money.

Yeah, let’s see that trailer again:

Pew, pew – do yourselves a favour and give this one a watch.