Three Amigos

Once again operating under his bigger-is-better style of comedy direction, John Landis presents yet another multi-million dollar extravaganza that features some overpaid "Saturday Night Live" veterans, excessively broad slapstick, and, of course, plenty of explosions. Dusty Bottoms (Chevy Chase), Lucky Day (Steve Martin), and Ned Nederlander (Martin Short) are "The Three Amigos," a trio of washed-up Western movie heroes during the silent era. Meanwhile, trouble is brewing in a Mexican village. A notorious bandido undergoing a midlife crisis has worked out his own problems by terrorizing the place, and the petrified townsfolk have nowhere to turn until Carmen (Patri...