Rio Hondo

It’s the epic story of a lone stranger with a haunted past who comes back to Hondo to face his demons while combating both a notorious desperado and ruthless assassins working for the railroad–all the while trying to protect a beautiful widow, and her land, from the encroaching forces of progress and change. Rio Hondo follows the classic western tentpole plot lines, but spins those iconic scenarios with humorous twists. From the world’s greatest blind female gunfighter, the Filipino cook/poet/philosopher, and young gunfighters with six-shooter envy, Rio Hondo is a new serving of Bill Robens’ comic gift, once again applied to a significant cinematic genre, complemented by Jaime Robledo’s manic, inventive staging, which ropes in as many laughs as there are cows in an old west cattle drive.