Steve martin. Martin short. Chevy chase. This film must have been a TON of fun to make. And all SNL alumni. With Lorne Michaels. The plot is about the only normal thing in here.... they THINK they are just putting on a show. Their costumes are over the top. The songs they sing are silly. The real details of their mission are way over the top. Three city slickers taking on a huge gang of bandits, in a foreign country. And off they go! El Guapo is Alfonso Arau, who also directed Water for Chocolate! So the amigos put their hearts into entertaining, and think they are done... but no! Now they have to help the citizens of Santa Poco fight off the bad guys. Singing horses. Dancing owls and tortoises. Showing on the IFC channel. Directed by John Landis, who also did Blues Brothers and Coming to Amurrica. And clearly, he's not afraid to tackle sequels. Although maybe he should have been... sequels hardly ever live up to the originals. Story by Steve Martin, Lorne Michaels, Randy Newman, the musician... won both of his oscars for music!
Review of Three Amigos!
