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Return of the Seven

Play trailer Poster for Return of the Seven Released Oct 19, 1966 1h 36m Western Play Trailer Watchlist
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The residents of a Mexican village are intimidated by deranged rancher Lorca (Emilio Fernández), who assembles 50 gunmen to force the townspeople to construct a church in honor of his dead sons. Vigilante Chico (Julian Mateos), who previously teamed up with six other sharpshooters to protect the villagers in a time of need, learns of Lorca's harassment and decides to round up the old gang members, including Chris (Yul Brynner) and Vin (Robert Fuller), and ride in to save the town again.
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James Plath Movie Metropolis So closely patterned after the original that you have to wonder why it took the studio six years to bring it to theaters. Rated: 5/10 Dec 29, 2011 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com As directed by Burt Kennedy, this first, drab sequel to the smash hit Western Magnificent Seven, only retains Yul Brynner from the original cast. Rated: C Aug 9, 2011 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews It never amounts to more than a trifle. Rated: C- Jan 22, 2007 Full Review Chuck O'Leary Fantastica Daily Rated: 1/5 Sep 27, 2005 Full Review Bob Bloom Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN) Another worthless and useless sequel. Rated: 2/5 Feb 3, 2004 Full Review Alex Sandell Juicy Cerebellum An absolute waste. Rated: 0/5 Nov 13, 2003 Full Review Read all reviews

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Jessup H It's a sequel. It's still a decent movie that can actually stand alone even if you haven't seen The Magnificent Seven. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 12/09/23 Full Review caponsacchi The film pales only when compared with the original. The chemistry among the cast is not as evident as the 7 of the original, each introduced, then followed up, with the panoramic, scenic grace of John Sturges' camera. Kennedy's direction favors a less "mythic," more realistic type of Western in which the camera takes us into the village and brings us closer to its human center.. Yul Brynner suffers somewhat from this shift, frequently looking "wooden"rather than fully engaged with his comrades or the action. Sturges' camera emphasized Brynner's graceful movement, never a broken "stride," as his feet seemed to walk on air. In the bloody battles of the sequel he frequently looks detached because the moving camera captures a stony confident look when it should be one of compassion for fallen comrades. In short, the sequel misses McQueen, Bronson, Coburn as well as the myth-creating work of a director familiar with Kurosawa's original "7 Samurai." Still, it's a taut, exciting movie with life-like action, graphic detail, and, we might hope, not too many injured actors or horses. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 09/01/23 Full Review Liam D As a Western it's fairly entertaining but as a sequel to The Magnificent Seven it's a bit of an disappointment Rated 3 out of 5 stars 07/16/22 Full Review Audience Member Without the star power of the original Magnificent Seven, Yul Brynner stands alone in the spotlight at last. All of the best lines from the original were somewhat recycled, or just plain repeated word for word, and this time Yul gets them all. It feels like without the same caliber of actors, Yul wanted every part of what made the original a classic. Except this movie came out years later and felt like more of a B-movie making a desperate grasp at what once was. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Martin B An embarrassment of a movie in the shadow of The Magnificent Seven. The original great characters and riveting throughout. This one character light, terrible plot and boring. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 12/05/20 Full Review Frances H Not as good as the first, but then, few Westerns are as good as The Magnificebent Seven. But it had Yul Bryner and is a decent Western. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/15/20 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis The residents of a Mexican village are intimidated by deranged rancher Lorca (Emilio Fernández), who assembles 50 gunmen to force the townspeople to construct a church in honor of his dead sons. Vigilante Chico (Julian Mateos), who previously teamed up with six other sharpshooters to protect the villagers in a time of need, learns of Lorca's harassment and decides to round up the old gang members, including Chris (Yul Brynner) and Vin (Robert Fuller), and ride in to save the town again.
Director
Burt Kennedy
Producer
Ted Richmond
Screenwriter
Larry Cohen
Distributor
United Artists
Production Co
United Artists
Genre
Western
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 19, 1966, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 16, 2008
Runtime
1h 36m
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