Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and Columbia Pictures’ THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN / The Bounty Hunter / Denzel Washington NOTE: This piece contains spoilers. What can we ask of a remake? Hollywood has recently pushed this question to its limit thrusting forward reimagined stories that once seemed to resonate. From Robocop and Judge Dredd to Point Break and Ben-Hur, the last fifty years of cinema has been less a graveyard than a breeding ground for the new millennium. Magnify that to the last five years of American cinema and superheroes have been accompanied by the superheroic revivification of Hollywood “classics.” The Magnificent Seven , directed by Antoine Fuqua, is the latest addition to Hollywood’s attempt to make-over by making right. With the titular gang now a diverse cast of characters lead by Denzel Washington, it might appear that the industry is finally answering the calls to open up its walls and expand its vision of America. Then again, maybe not. As far as story goes, things...