Movie #105 - Three Amigos!

"They're Down On Their Luck And Up To Their Necks In Senoritas, Margaritas, Banditos And Bullets!"

As part of a recent fan poll, Three Amigos! was selected for the next review. I figured I'd sway away from the Oscar reviews at this point and move onto the regular movie selections - including the weekly fan poll to select the Friday blog entry.

Three Amigos! is one of those hilarious 80's films starring a multitude of funny actors from television and film. Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Chevy Chase play three silent film actors who are fired from Hollywood and are mistakenly cast into what they believe is a Mexican silent film - hired to thwart the exploits of the local thug, El Guapo - loosely translated as Mr. Handsome.

The hijinks that ensues is worth the effort of finding this film on DVD as a Friday night rental. The plot is somewhat silly and the action sequences are super cheesy, but that is the point - what else did you expect from these three yahoos. Either way, you are bound to get entertained... especially with the physical comedy displayed by the three actors and the abundance of one-liners.

Whenever this movie is shown on television, like many of the films reviewed in this blog, I tend to watch it from beginning to end. Its a fun film with many laughs and generally much better than many of the comedies rolling out nowadays. I actually hope that in the near future, producers decide to remake this movie with the original script, but a re-tooling of the cast. I can see many of the current comedic stars doing a great job with this silly film - possibly having fun with the casting of the main characters... going over the top in many cases.

I could easily see this film reuniting some of the cast members from Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy being in this film, probably minus Will Ferrell, who has been a little overexposed in terms of television and film these days. I could easily see Steve Carrell replacing Steve Martin in the lead role - that would be a treat. Either way, of all the recent remakes coming out recently, I would like to see some new blood infused into comedies such as Three Amigos! - at the very least, they won't break any budgets on movies like this one.