Adiós Amigo

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.

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.

This was HORRIBLE! You may be tempted to watch it for a chance to see Richard Pryor in his prime, but don't. Pryor isn't funny, and the film is a complete mess. It was obviously made very cheaply, but Fred ¨the Hammer¨ seems to have trying to make a bad film here. Everything appears to have been shot in one take, and I'm guessing they didn't even have a screenplay written up for this one. It's just Fred getting into about fifty brawls, and Pryor doing his con man shtick. Don't get me wrong, I like both these guys, but this was a truly terrible film

The movie does have a cool theme song, but you'll get tired of it after about the 40th time!

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.

Written, directed, and starring... Fred Williamson. That's never a good sign, when the same person does everything! He's Big Ben. Co-stars Richard Pryor as Sam Spade. This one also has veteran western actor James Brown. The white guy... not the singer. Ben and Spade get into various, crazy, adventures. Robbing the stagecoaches, starting trouble. It's a much later western, from 1975, filmed in new mexico, according to imdb. It's just silly. Almost blaxploitation, about the same time as all the foxy Cleopatra Jones films were being made. Entertaining. It's showing on (free) roku channel. No biggie. I usually like Pryor, but this one is just long. And boring. Should have hired someone to juice up the script. Skip it.