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Several years after their heroic defense of a small Mexican village "Chris" (Yul Brynner) is told that a group of about 50 gunmen have ridden into the town and taken all of the men to an undisclosed location in the desert. Wanting to help his friend "Chico" (played by Julian Mateos) who was one of the men taken and a former member of the initial Magnificen Seven, Chris sets about recruiting men to come to assist him in his efforts to free them. Naturally, with time being an important factor, Chris begins his search for tough gunmen in the most obvious place—a Mexican prison. Sure enough, he finds a couple there and with a little luck adds a few more before setting off to find the hombres responsible. But this time they can expect nobody else to help them. Now, rather than reveal any more I will just say that, other than Yul Brynner, there were no actors of a similar stature to lend their support. In any case, while this wasn't a bad film necessarily, it didn't quite measure up to its predecessor and I have rated it accordingly. Average.

Yul Brynner returns as gunfighter Chris, who is recruited by old friend Chico(now played by Julian Mateos, taking over from Horst Bucholz) to return to his village that has been raided by a powerful landowner, who has kidnapped the men for his own purposes. Chris agrees to help, and enlists old friend Vin(Robert Fuller, taking over from Steve McQueen) and new members of the "7", including actors Claude Akins & Warren Oates.Disappointing sequel has some good action, but a limp plot, and is generally an inferior rehash of the first, though Brynner is still good, and Fuller a decent substitute for McQueen.This must have done well though, since two more sequels were made(without Brynner!) Haven't seen them, don't plan to.

"The Magnificent Seven" was an exceptional remake of Akira Kurosawa's "The Seven Samurai". But, unlike the Japanese film, it was set in the West. Because of a terrific musical score and excellent cast, the film was a resounding success. Now, years later, the studio is whoring out the name in a remake. I know it sounds very harsh, but there is so much that disappoints in "Return of the Seven".The biggest problem in this film is that of the three survivors at the end of the last film, only one is played by the same actor in both films (Yul Brynner). The other two are played by new actors. These two plus the new members of the group are all lightweights compared the the fine cast in the first film. Think about it--here we have the likes of Claude Akins, Robert Fuller and Warren Oates instead of actors like Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson and James Coburn! The second biggest problem in the sequel is that the film is pretty much the same as the first film. The SAME great music is once again here and the plot is pretty much the same, as the seven rescue the exact same town that was terrorized in the first film! It cheapens the name of the franchise and offers nothing particularly new.Now the actors do try their best and the film is worth seeing as a time-passer. But, it's just not a worthy sequel to one of the best westerns of the 1960s--it's only a pale imitation. Interestingly, the next film in the series, "The Guns of the Magnificent Seven" is actually a bit better even though NONE of the actors playing the seven are back because at least the plot is a tiny bit different.

Return of the Seven (AKA: Return of the Magnificent Seven), is the first sequel to the popular 1960 western, The Magnificent Seven. Directed by Burt Kennedy, the film sees Yul Brynner as the sole returnee from the first film as he reprises the role of Chris Adams. Joining Bryner are Robert Fuller, Warren Oates, Claude Akins, Jordan Christopher, and Julian Mateos. It's written by Larry Cohen, scored by Elmer Berstein (receiving an Academy Award nomination for his work) and Paul Vogel photographs it on location in Spain in De Luxe Technicolor.The uninspired story sees Chris re-team with Vin & Chico and a few other gun slinging types; to save another Mexican village from another despotic visionary. It's a colourful movie, in fact it looks tremendous in HD, if only the direction wasn't so poor as the actors sleep walk thru the plodding and cliché ridden plot. A plot that only serves as an excuse to hang a few fight sequences on; tho the last battle is a glorious spectacle of explosions and people falling to the ground as if felled by a tank. It was always a tough ask to follow such a well loved movie as John Sturges' Steve McQueen definer, but merely dressing up the same formula was never going to cut it. Rightly panned by the critics of the time, it remains a dud in spite of containing a line up of admirable character actors. 3.5/10