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Along the comedy/action lines of the "Trinity" and "Nobody" series of films.

Another successful joining of Terence Hill and Bud Spencer in what has become their trademark light-hearted he-men with the heart of gold. A family favourite in my household, and has a very infectious theme song (Dune Buggy, by Oliver Onions - don't say I didn't warn you).

Watch Out We're Mad has the beautifully choreographed fight scenes one comes to expect with the Hill/Spencer movies, and the 'Beer & Hot dog contest' are reminiscent of the earlier movies, too.

Bud Spencer is brilliant as the tobacco intolerant heart of gold 'Ben', and Terence Hill as the eager 'Kid'. The only disappointment is the somewhat wooden acting of Donald Pleasance as the bad guy bosses psychiatrist.

If you enjoy the Hill/Spencer mix of comedy, action, gluttony and irony, this film is a must see

Likable Terence Hill and stocky Bud Spencer team up again in this co-production Spaniard-Italian as the valiant and sympathetic duo Kid and Ben against totally evil bad guys. Two charming friends (Terence Hill and Bud Spencer) but rivals participate in a race whose prize is a fancy mini-car . They tie in a car crash race to win a red dune buggy . During Kid and Ben's hotdog and beer contest , to see who will keep the the dune buggy, various hoodlums of a local mobster named the Boss (John Sharp) demolishes and destroys the bar and their car . After that , the duo goes to visit the Boss and his helper (Donald Pleasence) . Kid and Ben want vendetta and the replacement of their red buggy with a yellow top . Meanwhile , Terence Hill falls in love with a circus artist (Patty Shepard) and they are chased by a cold killer (Manuel De Blas) hired by the mobs . Of course, along the way they will combat thieves ,thugs and criminals .

The 'big time' duo of Spaghetti Western with humor such as ¨They call me Trinity¨, ¨ Trinity is still my name ¨ and sequels as ¨Troublemakers¨ were run out and for that reason are transfered in modern era film , playing the police/action genre and adventures as ¨All the way boys¨ also titled ¨Plane crazy¨ and this one . After that , they starred the successful ¨ Miami police series ¨, which belong the following : ¨Crime Busters¨ , ¨Superfuzz¨ and ¨supercops in Miami¨. The movie contains silly comedy , the usual slight fights and lots of action including some motorcycle pursuits with a funny tournament , entertaining struggles in a gymnasium and a fun ball in a saloon . Although there are a few gaps ,especially the overuse of fist fights with punches , bounds and leaps and a quarter-hearted attempt at romance, it remains very amusing .The humor is based on physical and personality differences of the starring , as Terence Hill is the sympathetic and brave hero and Bud Spencer is the corpulent and hunk man. As always several humorous struggles with no blood , neither violence . Enjoyable performance by Donald Pleasence , a veteran British actor with a long and prestigious career ; furthermore , being a co-production Spanish-Italian appears several Spanish actors as Luis Barbero as the old garage owner , Emilia Laguna as the musical conductor and Manuel De Blas as the silent murderer . Acceptable cinematography by Zavattini filmed in Madrid , Spain .Commercial musical score by the usual Guido and Maurizio De Angelis -Oliver Onions- , including catching songs fitting perfectly in the mood of the movie and you won't be able to get the catchy theme leitmotif out of your head.

The motion picture is professionally directed by Marcello Fondato, following the Hill-Spencer ordinary trademarks . Fondato wrote several Spencer vehicles as ¨Bulldozer¨, ¨Aladino¨, ¨The Supersheriff¨, and ¨The sheriff and the extraterrestrial little boy¨ and directed him in ¨Mister Charleston¨. If you love the pair's other movies, go for it, and if you've never seen one this is a great start .

This is a great film. A friend lent it to me, and I thought I probably wouldn't like it, but it turns out that I love it! It has everything: Side splitting scenes, like when they are singing in the choir ("Bwa-bwa-bwa!"), cheesy bad guys, retro fashion, a stylish bad guy, in the form of Paganini, and true friendship. I thought the fight scenes were amazingly well choreographed. 10 out of 10!

In the concept of Hill&Spencer films, "Y si no, nos enfadamos" (Spanish title) is one of the funniest. Plot is designed specially for this actors, and they use all the tricks for they are best known. Unforgettable, the scene of the chorus (a.k.a. "pom pom pom / la la la)and the last battle in the balloons room. One interesting detail about this film is that it was filmed in Spain (more exactly in Madrid) and you can see many spanish support artist like Luis Barbero (well known in last years due to his character "Matías" in "Médico de Familia") or humorist Emilio Laguna (chorus director.) So you must watch this film... o si no, nos enfadamos ;)

"Watch Out, We're Mad" has a slam-bang beginning, some good slapstick (especially the fight in the gym) and the occasional clever comic bits (check out Bud Spencer's reaction when he is ordered to get out of his buggy or the bad guys will have to "splat" it), but is hampered by the slow-moving, nearly non-existent plot and the tiresome overacting of the villains (which include a German-accented Donald Pleasence). By the way, you'd better like the theme song of this movie, because you're gonna be hearing it A LOT during its running time. (**1/2)

If you want to see a very funny and addictive action movie, you must watch this one... Here we have two rival wreck car racing pilots(Bud Spencer and Terence Hill), both very skilled, so skilled that after a tremendous race they finishes simultaneously... and together they wins a dune buggy, the prize for the winner. Naturally, each of them wants the buggy for himself, so the tough guys decides to bet the car in a "beer and beans" contest(!). But just when the "contest" starts, the bad ones, led by a megalomaniac rich man and his psychologist, destroy the dune buggy...... You can imagine the reaction of Spencer and Hill...

A remarkable scene: the one of the killer ("Paganini") in the auditorium.(A masterpiece!)

It's hard to break down what makes the silliness of a Spencer & Hill movie fun but here's a try.

They have a charming nonsensical nature.

They have a vaudevillian physical comedy, a la the three stooges. They are able to capture the humor in other people's misery; the more frustrated the antagonists or protagonists become the more amused the audience is.

The love/hate buddy relationship Spence and Hill have perfected.

The plots are thin and transparent as cellophane but it's not about story it's about watching 2 grown men act as silly as possible. Certainly the production values are dated in an era where gross out comedies and family angst comedies rule supreme...but this particular film has some great sequences with motorcycle jousting, a gym fight and a ballroom brawl in a balloon pit... that's right a balloon pit. If you've never seen a Spencer/Hill and wanna give one a try then you should come 'n take a ride in this buggy.

Closed action, humour to the maximum. A trick away the other, he works everything perfectly, there is nothing out of place ! Bud Spencer to the maximum of the form. Memorable sequences, from that of the game of the Lippa to the duel on bikes. Donald Pleasance funny in the part of the psychiatrist. But the top is the scene of the chorus: irresistible music and the couple engaged to escape from the killer. Phenomenal. The all one seasonned by an exceptional sound-track, compound from Guido and Maurizio De Angelis (Oliver Onions). Overall the mythical song "Dune Buggy" whose words have been written by director Marcello Fondato.

This is, IMHO, the best film of Bud Spencer and Terence Hill, almost matched by "Non c'è due senza quattro". A small accident causing an incredible series of events, a dummy bad boss surrounded by a gang of dummy bad bullies, a lot of fake violence, and an irresistible crescendo of gags up to the grand final at the bosses party... A movie belonging to Bud & Terence golden age, far before the two began to quarrel and broke the pair.

The scene at the firefighters' chorus in unforgettable 8-)

Where I lived, Bud Spencer and Terence Hill were legends in the Seventies. The crudeness of the humour was evident, but it didn't spoil the fun, on the contrary, it was the core of the value proposition. But this movie shares the fate of all movies starring Bud Spencer and Terence Hill: it has not aged well. From the perspective of a viewer in 2018, the silliness is boring instead of exhilarating. The stunts are mediocre. The story is as interesting as a user manual for a vacuum cleaner. And the action is slow, and I mean excruciatingly sloooooooooooow.

If you have fond memories of this movie, do yourself a favor: do not watch it again.

Way way back in 1978, this film ran on our cable about two weeks before we got our first VCR. I've been looking for a copy ever since.

It may be the single best of the Hill/Spencer collaborations; wonderfully silly and harmlessly violent. Hill/Spencer films have always reminded me of the better Warner Bros. cartoon shorts -- as if the Wolf and the Sheep Dog interrupted their long-running battle of wits and teamed up to save the peaceful sheepherders from the evil cattlemen.

If you like slapstick humour that falls somewhere between Hope & Crosby, Laurel & Hardy and the Three Stooges, but more physical than any of those, this is a film you should see.

This movie is hysterically funny! It is by far the best of the Terence Hill/Bud Spencer oeuvre. For my money it even tops the Trinity movies! What is not to like about this movie? The pained, laconic expression on Spencer's face is a sure-fire laugh-getter every time! What about the terrific fight choreography? The fight in the gym was already good enough to put this film in the Slapstick Hall of Fame... but then they come up with the great finale with all the balloons! And the hot dog eating contests! And Oliver Onions singing "Dune Buggy"! And the incredible choir scene! With deep baritone Spencer inching his way over to the ladies' section and trying (unsuccessfully) to hit their high notes! This movie is pure genius!

There *are* many lame Spencer/Hill comedies out there... but this is definitely not one of them!

I LOVE THIS FILM! IF THERE WAS ONE MOVIE I COULD KEEP OUT OF MY 200, I'D KEEP THIS ONE! The Plot : Kid and Ben are contestants in a race car derby so they can win the grand prize, on red dune buggy with a yellow top. They both cross the finish line at the same time. They dont know who is going to keep the Dune Buggy so they have the legandary Hotdog eating and Beer drinking contest in an Amusement Park. In the middle of the contest the mafia destroys the amusement park and they also wreck Kid and Bens Brand New Dune Buggy. They arent happy with this, so they try many ways to get a new dune buggy from the mob. They mob isnt happy so they hire a hit man name Paganini to kill both Kid and Ben! I'll stop here....I don't want to tell the end of the movie! Just go rent it....that will be hard for Americans because this movie isnt released there. The best scenes are Kid and Ben singing in the Choir, the jousting on motor cycles, and the fight in the gym and the fight at the Restaurant! Its too bad that many people dont like the fight humor in T+B films! I'd perfer these anyday to Hollywood type movies! People who dont understand these movies should lighten up and realise how funny they are! If you liked this movie i suggest these: 1. They call me trinity 2. trinity is still my name! 3. crime busters 4. odds and evens 5. Flatfoot (aka- Piedone lo Sbirro) W.O.W.M. gets a 9/10 !!!!!!!!

I first saw this as a 13 year old in the cinema and loved it so much I think I went virtually every night. It has never appeared on UK TV as far as I'm aware, nor has it been on any of the streaming services, so I was delighted to find a copy of it although I was apprehensive it wouldn't be as good as I remember. To my delight it was, just one completely fun movie and unlike many of the crushes I had as a 13 year old in 1976 I could see why I had a huge one one Terrence Hill, goodness me, he was lovely.

It only loses one point for the song 'Dune Buggy', nothing wrong with it, it was just overused for my taste.

As a true Spencer & Hill fan I was very disappointed by this piece of crap.

Spencer and Hill are drivers in a demolition derby and by coincidence they finish exactly at the same time. This means they have to figure out how to share the first prize, a dune buggy. They decide to do this by way of a beer drinking and hot dog eating contest, but after having eaten a few dozen hot dogs each, gangsters show up and demolish the restaurant and the rest of the fairground. And even worse, they burn down the buggy. Our heroes of course demand their buggy back, but since the villains don't wanna listen and even beat up an innocent old man, Spencer and Hill are forced to use more "convincing" methods.

Non existing plot, very slow, bad acting, bad jokes and extremely irritating music. The fight scene in the room with hundreds of balloons was just childish, and the fight scene with the two bad guys on motorbikes was boring as hell. The opening scenes took way too long and the whole movie is uninspired. Remarkable that so many people here seem to like it anyway.

You're really much better off with Crime Busters or Double Trouble.

This is without a doubt their finest movie. Laughs galore and fantastic fight scenes you can watch over and over.

I love the setting for this, one, most of which takes place somewhere in Spain or Italy outside a fairground. There is just something about that setting that appeals to me in this movie.

Plenty of comical baddies including Donald Pleasance as a former Nazi, trying to teach a bumbling mafia boss how to be a real villain.

The highlight for me is definitely the scene where Bud Spencer is doing choir practice and Terence is trying to warn him that a hitman is in the building. Pure comedy gold.

A real catchy theme song by Oliver Onions; "Dune buggy".

This was the first Terence Hill and Bud Spencer movie I ever saw, and remains as the best to me. If you don't laugh and enjoy its fights, gags, and lines, then surely something must be wrong with your sense of humor. The Dune Buggy theme is the perfect score for the action. It has all what a fan can expect in a Hill-Spencer movie: action, fun, good score, good punchs, and a very simple but effective plot. A must-see!

Bud and Terence singing in a choir at the same time as trying to evade a hit-man trying to shoot them from the gallery has fairly often had me laughing so hard that it began to hurt. If you ever get a chance to see this film, do it.

This movie was released in Mexico as "Juntos son Dinamita" (Together they are dynamite"; I never quite understood why they changed the names of movies so dramatically when releasing them in Mexico. That's a completely different story. This movie was a big success as it was funny and very much anticipated and expected as all other movies from Hill & Spencer by the kids in my age group. Yes, I was a kid in the 70s, but 30 years later I still have laughs with my brothers by singing "bom, bom bom bom, bom bom bom... la la la, la la la... Even when the plot is completely impossible, the story line is fantastic with the limited dialogs included, and even when the violence would have higher ratings in today's fruity kids world, I never felt more excited coming out of the cinema in my younger days... Good times...

This is one of my favourite from the bud spencer and terence hill series. Just remember the black dressed killer with his violin box, when he tried to kill bud at the opera.

Each time after i watched the film i promised myself to arrange a hotdog & beer contest...... :-)

What's to say about this Rubbish? Not Much. It's definitely the worst of all Spencer/Hill-Movies. Not a bit funny. It seems, Donald Pleasence needed Money this Time and came do make a uninspired Appearance in an non-English European Low-Budget-Pulp (like for Example Edward G. Robinson in Die Abenteuer des Kardinal Brown or Yul Brynner in a lot of Movies). You don't need a Brain to look at this 'Movie'. It's definitely not like an other Critic here means a 'GREAT COMEDY ONLY FOR THE INTELLIGENT!'. Oh no.

4 of 10 Points for this Pulp. And I give two more than I should. 2 as Present. One for Mr. Hill, one for Mr. Spencer.

I hope, sometime I can forget this Rubbish.