Adiós Amigo

Having previously wrote and produced Boss N!gger-which I highly enjoyed-here Fred Williamson adds director to his resume. Unfortunately, unlike the work I just mentioned, Adios Amigo is more of a mess narratively with Fred a frequent fall guy for Richard Pryor's con games that aren't very funny with Richard's lines mostly improvised. I half thought when Pryor's character would encounter an old man named Noah (Thalmus Rasulala in convincing aging makeup) and his nubile young women that there might be some raunchy humor but results there and pretty much the rest of the picture was tepid at best. Another disappointment was the mention in the credits of The Ink Spots making an appearance but they don't sing here just do some steps and finger snappin' or that's what it looked like to me. Really, I just can't recommend Adios Amigo.

...but I'm not sure it was supposed to be anything else but bad? Suffice it to say it held my interest. I wonder if this film was made in the wake of the enormous success of "Blazing Saddles?" Not that it has a similar script but it was supposed to be a comedy Western.

Adiós Amigo (1975) is a movie I recently watched on Tubi. The storyline follows a righteous Cowboy whose life gets complicated when he runs into a con man and is continuously blamed for his misdeeds and empty promises. They quickly become friends and work together, but will they stay together or cross each other to get out of their constant jams?

This movie stars is directed by Fred Williamson (One Down, Two to Go) and also stars Richard Pryor (Harlem Nights), James Brown (Sands of Iwo Jima), Robert Phillips (The Dirty Dozen) and Mike Henry (Smokey and the Bandit).

The cast in this is awesome. There are some unique elements like the way the artwork is incorporated into the film. The soundtrack was also pretty good. Pryor and Williamson played off each other well, though I will say there's too many scene where the camera just zooms in on Pryor's face and reactions to circumstances. The opening scene where Pryor meets and frees Williamson was probably my favorite.

Overall this is a fairly average addition to the genre that's still a must see...because anything with Pryor is a must see. I would score this a 6/10 and strongly recommend seeing it once.

Adios Amigo is one of Fred Williamson 's greatest misses. He is credited for writing, directing, producing and starring in this, so I would hold him most responsible for this abomination. This is a rare opportunity for him to team up with comedic genius Richard Pryor. I know this was low budget, but I fail to see if any of the money spent ended up on the screen. The film is a technical mess and was shot so poorly, it's hard to tell at times what is going on. There is zero chemistry between Fred Williamson and Richard Pryor. Basically, Richard Pryor is a con man and when his schemes go awry , Williamson has to step up to the plate and beat up a bunch of dudes in Pryor 's behalf. The film plays out in the same predictable fashion, until it ends. Nothing Pryor does here is funny and nothing Fred does on screen helps matters. The screenplay is 12 pages long and it shows. Fred's direction is atrocious and really fails to make much sense. Had I been entertained, I would not have minded. The film as a whole falls apart and falls flat. This has been on several dump bin cheapie DVD boxsets( The 50 movies for $5 variety). But don't be deceived, Adios Amigo is basically unwatchable and one of the stinkiest of cinematic turds that is out there.

The ever-solid and charming Fred "the Hammer" Williamson stars as a rugged itinerant gunslinger who becomes the reluctant constant patsy for slick'n'shrewd con man Richard Pryor. The crafty duo experience a series of goofy misadventures in the Old West in this amiably inane and inconsequential piece of low-budget blaxploitation sagebrush fluff. Competently directed by Williamson (who also wrote the slight, but witty script), the rambling narrative saunters along at a pleasingly relaxed rate, the tone remains pleasant and playful throughout, and there's a winningly breezy'n'easy chemistry between the two leads, with Williamson engagingly playing the long-suffering straight man to Pryor's smartaleck joker. Moreover, Williamson stages the expected rough'n'tumble fisticuffs, heated shoot-outs, a daring jailbreak and frantic horseback chase sequences with a reasonable amount of skill and brio. Popping up in nifty supporting parts are Thalmus ("Blacula," "Cool Breeze") Rasulala as a rascally old coot with two hot daughters and former Tarzan Mike Henry as a dumb, ornery cuss. Both Luchi ("Friday Foster") De Jesus' cool soulful score and especially the funky R&B theme song really hit the groovy spot. Granted, "Blazing Saddles" this picture sure ain't, but it's a satisfyingly lightweight and good-natured diversion just the same.