Adiós Amigo (1975) User Reviews

Big Talent, Big Disappointment

[FightingWesterner · 4/10 · 25 May 2010]

This is basically a series of vignettes with escaped prisoner Fred Williamson following conman/bandit Richard Pryor across the old west (Why?) and becoming the foil of Pryor's comedic schemes, after which he always takes off, leaving Williamson holding the bag.

Though not really funny in a laugh-out-loud kind of way, it's all pretty laid back and easygoing, with Williamson and Pryor fairly likable, making this entertaining for awhile.

About halfway through though, it starts to get a bit tedious, with a "plot" that's way too fluid and a budget that's too low to make this something I'd recommend to people who aren't already huge fans of the two stars.

The worse things about this are the repetitive use of the corny funk theme song and the fact that the legendary vocal group The Ink Spots make an appearance but aren't given a chance to sing.

i didn't find it funny at all

[disdressed12 · 3/10 · 31 March 2007]

i found this movie for a very cheap price and thought,how bad could it be.right off,i could tell the budget was next to nothing.at least it felt that way.it is supposed to be comedy,but from what i watched,it was not funny at all.i also noticed that the same manufacturer and distributer were also behind "Dan Candy's Law".i think the production values are better on this film.at least the movement of the lips and the words matched,unlike "Dan Candy's Law"but i also thought the acting wasn't very good.Richard Pryor and Fred Williamson are the main characters,co the movie should have been funny,but to me it was not.i might try and watch it some other time,and maybe i will have a different opinion.but for right now,i didn't like it.

Yes it was bad...

[thbryn · 5/10 · 28 December 2019]

...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.

Fred ¨the Hammer¨ Williamson is the black Ed Wood

[EdwardRolls · 1/10 · 12 January 2005]

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!

Fred Williamson as director and writer doesn't do much good to himself or Richard Pryor in Adios Amigo

[tavm · 2/10 · 12 February 2012]

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.

Two legends make a horrible comedy

[pkzeewiz · 1/10 · 6 May 2010]

Fred Williamson plays a man who is set up and busted by racist town officials and sent to jail, on the way to jail his stagecoach is held up by a crazy thief (Pryor). Pryor leaves him and soon they cross paths again and this time Pryor ends up getting him in a fight while he runs off with the loot. Soon they cross paths again, and then again, and again and Fred knows every time he sees Pryor its going to mean bad news for him. Pryor is all about getting the money and saving his own skin and loves knowing he now has a fall guy. By the movies end half of Texas is after them.

The movie was simply not funny. I love Pryor, but this is not his best work, although he did ad-lib a lot of stuff. One scene where he pretends to be a real estate agent was rather funny, but it was a weak laugh.

Fred Williamson wrote, produced and directed this film and he didn't offer anything in either..The direction was OK, the production wasn't bad as a whole, but left a lot to be desired and the writing was horrible. His acting was okay though, he does some good stuff from time to time.

I hated the stupid theme song and it got played every 5 minutes here, followed by an animated picture - it got old quick.

This movie was rather boring and neither funny or pleasing to western fans...avoid at all cost, even if you love these heavyweights. 1/10 stars.

It's Blaxploitation, but that's not the problem.

[zombiefan89 · 5/10 · 8 August 2017]

It's Blaxploitation, but that's not the problem. You either like that genre or you don't. Essentially, every comedy with black people in it is Blaxploitation to some degree. See, for example, anything Tyler Perry has ever made. The problem is the movie is formulaic as hell. Richard Pryer gets Fred Williamson into trouble, then the song "Adios Amigo" starts playing, and Pryer escapes, leaving Williamson to fend for himself. They reunite later, and the formula repeats over again. That's the movie. Is it funny? Depends on if you like the comedic chemistry between Pryer's high jinks and Williamson's straight man.

Bad beyond words...a real bummer

[dworldeater · 1/10 · 5 April 2023]

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.

Pointless mix of blaxpoitation and the spaghetti western.

[mark.waltz · 1/10 · 6 September 2020]

Cheaply made and virtually plotless, this unfunny comic spoof starring Fred Williamson and Richard Pryor attempts to be another "Blazing Saddles" but fails miserably. It's basically "Road to Raunch" for Williamson and Pryor (one of the writers of "Blazing Saddles") as they play characters who realistically would try to kill each other a half an hour after meeting, They are like Cheech and Chong gone wrong, hustlers who keep trying and failing in their gritting schemes (often against each other), with the action confusing thanks to the constant repeat of the theme song over and over.

A subplot over Williamson being lusted over by an attention seeking white woman with a jealous, obvious racist husband is hate-filled in her attempts to seduce him which could easily get him killed, something she obviously doesn't care about as long as she gets her mandingo fantasy filled. When you realize that the action sequences with music montages are basically there to distract from the fact that there is no story, you'll realize that trying to get through this is pointless. My best advice to those who purchased this and attempted to watch it, "Adios Digital Video Disc".

not Pryor's best

[ksf-2 · 5/10 · 28 August 2021]

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.

An amiably silly and harmless tongue-in-cheek Western comedy romp

[Woodyanders · 8/10 · 25 July 2006]

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.

This is a fairly average addition to the genre that's still a must see...because anything with Pryor is a must see

[kevin_robbins · 6/10 · 13 April 2022]

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.