I'm going to have to go with Magnificent Seven on this one. Not only to even things out a little bit and make things a bit more interesting, but The Magnificent Seven is one of those old school movies where the good guys are good and the bad guys are bad. Nobody is carrying around any bad history, it's just 7 gunslinging badasses teaming up to take on a group of bandits. There's some great lip service played to the fact that their lifestyle isn't anything to aspire to, which is pretty big of them considering they could fill me full of 6 holes in less than 2 seconds. Despite being badasses, they're also polite and cheerful to the villagers and it's just the complete antithesis of the grim and gritty protagonists I'm so use to seeing in modern movies.
The Wild Bunch - 3
The Magnificent Seven - 2
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