In Return of the Seven, Chico (played by Horst Buchholz) has settled down in a small Mexican town called Ixcatlan after his heroic efforts to defend the town from bandits alongside Chris (played by Yul Brynner) and the rest of The Magnificent Seven. However, trouble strikes the town again when a brutal gang led by Rancher Lorca (played by Emilio Fernández) kidnaps most of the town's young men to work in his mines.
Desperate to save their loved ones, Chico's wife Petra (played by Elisa Montés) turns to Chris for help. Chris reunites with Vin (played by Robert Fuller), another survivor of The Magnificent Seven, and they set out to gather a new team of gunslingers to help Chico. They recruit a quirky group of men including Colbee (played by Warren Oates), a sharpshooter with a gambling problem, and Frank (played by Claude Akins), a cantankerous pacifist who is forced to pick up a gun again.
The seven men arrive in Ixcatlan to find that Lorca's men are heavily armed and outnumber them. They devise a plan to sneak into Lorca's camp and free the hostages while distracting the guards. The plan works, but the seven men face a fierce battle as they make their way back to the town. The final showdown is action-packed, with explosions, shootouts, and a breathtakingly choreographed horseback chase.
Return of the Seven is not as well-regarded as the original Magnificent Seven, but it still delivers plenty of thrilling western action and emotional character moments. Yul Brynner and Robert Fuller make a great team as the leaders of the new Seven, and Horst Buchholz is a joy to watch as he reprises his role as Chico, who has matured since we last saw him. The film was directed by Burt Kennedy and features a rousing score by Elmer Bernstein.