While your go-to "men on a mission" Western might be John Sturges' The Magnificent Seven, we here at We Love Dad Movies are here to say something that may gum up the works ever so slightly: The Professionals eats The Magnificent Seven for breakfast. Directed by Richard Brooks and featuring a legendary lineup in Lee Marvin, Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan and Woody Strode, The Professionals is an Oscar-nominated yet sorely underappreciated Western set during the Mexican Revolution. Released in 1966, Brooks' film interrogates the concept of revolution in the Vietnam era, making for one of the best genre efforts of the 1960s, albeit one overshadowed by the aforementioned Magnificent Seven, as well as Sam Peckinpah's landmark effort, The Wild Bunch, which released three years later.
While not as formidable as Marvin and co., this week's We Love Dad Movies episode has assembled a killer roster of its own, with Ewan being joined by regular co-host Dan Grima and a returning guest in Mike Scott of the Action For Everyone podcast. Saddle up with us as Ewan introduces The Professionals to Mike and Dan, and why the film deserves loftier accolades.
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