Ten years after 'The Seven' saved a Mexican village from a group of bandits it falls prey to another gang; this one rides into town, rounds up all the men then takes them away. The men taken away include Chico; one of the original seven who stayed in the village and married a local girl at the end of the previous film. She and her son seek out Chris once again and he and Vin set about recruiting a new Seven to find out what happened to the men and return them to their village. It doesn't take long before they find the men; they had been captured by a rich and powerful man called Lorca who was using them as slave labour to build a church in memory of his two sons. Chris and his men liberate the captured men with surprising ease but Lorca has no intention of letting him keep them; if they are to live free they must stand up and fight when Lorca and his men return.
If the first film had never been made this would probably be considered just another B-western, albeit one made in Spain rather than California... unfortunately for this film though it will always be compared to the original 'Magnificent Seven' and when compared to that it is a distinctly inferior product. Yul Brynner reprises his role as Chris and does a decent job; unfortunately he is the only one of the original cast to return; Vin may be back but this time he is played by Robert Fuller. He does a good enough job but he is no Steve McQueen! The rest of the cast do well enough but lacks the star quality of the original. There is plenty of action with plenty of shooting and in the final seen plenty of explosions after a case of dynamite is fortuitously found. Overall this is a very average film that passes the time well enough if it is on television but is hardly a 'must see'.
If the first film had never been made this would probably be considered just another B-western, albeit one made in Spain rather than California... unfortunately for this film though it will always be compared to the original 'Magnificent Seven' and when compared to that it is a distinctly inferior product. Yul Brynner reprises his role as Chris and does a decent job; unfortunately he is the only one of the original cast to return; Vin may be back but this time he is played by Robert Fuller. He does a good enough job but he is no Steve McQueen! The rest of the cast do well enough but lacks the star quality of the original. There is plenty of action with plenty of shooting and in the final seen plenty of explosions after a case of dynamite is fortuitously found. Overall this is a very average film that passes the time well enough if it is on television but is hardly a 'must see'.