''Los Locos'', also known as ''Los Locos: Posse Rides Again'', is a 1997

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film directed by

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, written by and starring

Mario Van Peebles Mario Van Peebles (born January 15, 1957) is a Mexican-born American director and actor. He is best known for appearing in ''Heartbreak Ridge'' in 1986, and known for directing and starring in ''New Jack City'' in 1991, and ''USS Indianapolis: ...

. It also stars

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, and

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Plot

During the 1800s in the Wild West, a gunman by the name of Chance is hired to escort emotionally challenged people across the desert safely.

Production

The film was originally conceived as an independently-assembled project by writer/producer Van Peebles. After completion, Polygram, who had previously released ''

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'' to moderate success, acquired the film for home video release, and in most territories sold it as a sequel even though it had no ties to the film and Van Peebles plays a character unrelated to his role in the earlier film.

References

External links

* * 1997 films Canadian independent films 1997 Western (genre) films Films directed by Jean-Marc Vallée Films scored by Lesley Barber Canadian Western (genre) films English-language Canadian films 1997 independent films 1990s English-language films 1990s Canadian films English-language Western (genre) films English-language independent films {{1990s-Western-film-stub