The Magnificent Seven Ride! (1972)

Country: USA
Director: George McCowan
Production Co: United Artists,MGM
Genre: Western
Rating: 5.7/10
Length: 100 mins

Storyline

After his last adventure in the Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969), the former leader of the Seven and now a married U.S. Marshall, Chris Adams, declines his old friend Jim McKay's invitation to stop the outlaw De Toro and his marauding gang of bandits from attacking the Mexican border town of Magdalena. Filled with guilt, Chris decides to visit the town--now inhabited by widows--before the tough band's imminent return, having no other choice but to recruit a brand-new team of unlikely defenders. As always, the odds are against them. Can the new Magnificent Seven and the town's defenceless women put an end to De Toro's reign of terror?—Nick Riganas

Plot Keywords

arizona territory, tucson arizona, ambush, sword, dark hero, husband wife relationship, horse and wagon, kiss, sniper, publicist, last of series, hideout, fortress, church, frontier town, u.s. marshal, strangulation, candle, sombrero, chained

Short Review

The Dirty Dozen meets the Magnificent 7, except only the lesser parts of the two. The movie is the minimum of what you would expect, and nothing more. Long stretches of horse riding back and forth, and a long time to set up what you know will be the final shootout. It's the same formula as the originals, just with cheap ingredients.