Their first stop is the local jail, where they encounter an old friend named Frank (Claude Akins) and a new friend in criminal Luis (Virgilio Texeira). They also enlist the aid of Colbee (Warren Oates) notorious womanizer, and finally, the new kid, brave Manuel (Jordan Christopher), who has a lot of gusto, but just isn't that good with a gun.
They discover that a local bandito named Lorca (Emilio Fernandez) is forcing the villagers into slave labor to rebuild a church as a memorial to the place where his two sons died. The problem is, Lorca sees no problem in killing the villagers to accomplish his mission. When Chris and the Seven run him off and his dozens of henchmen, they call for 200+ friends to help them raid the makeshift village, with the intention of killing everyone in their wake to make a point. Little did they know that the Seven, combined with the spirit of independence of the villagers, and a little help from a box of dynamite, would be enough to overcome some 200+ bad guys. Once again, good triumphs over evil.
Sadly, Return of the Magnificent Seven pales in comparison to the original. It's very cookie-cutter and seems to try to use the one liners and quips that made the first film so memorable. Only Yul Brynner reprises his role, and while he is greatness personified, he just can't carry the film. The Magnificent Seven was a great movie that should have been left as a stand-alone, and as such, Return of the Magnificent Seven is probably better passed up. Although the film has been cleaned up, it is clear that the same amount of care and detail didn't go into this transfer as it did for the original film. There are no special features aside from a trailer, so at most, this is a rental.
