It’s Bud Spencer time! Okay, it’s fun time!

Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure, starring Bud Spencer and Terence Hill, the magical duo on silver screen, is a frolicking venture that’s as juicy and fresh as tropical bananas. Oh yes, the big man and his cunning partner are now ready to entertain us with their looniest of loony escapades.

Bud Spencer had performed a variety of roles over the years. But, those roles have something in common. It’s the basic character. No matter what role he plays, he is big, tough, innocent, kind at heart, adventurous, and resourceful, has bird pets, cooks beans and onions, and loves to give that knockout punch on the bald heads of the villains. Above all, his incredibly casual delivery of punchlines! You gotta love him!

As Charlie, played by Bud Spencer, sets on a voyage around the world on his boat called Puffin, he encounters a stowaway, Alan, played by Terence Hill, on the course who happens to have other plans. I love the first half an hour where Charlie spends his sweet own time in his cozy boat. He prepares his course well for the weather, cooks his afternoon meal, and sleeps like a baby. Those cute little decks and narrow alleys in the boat, where he tries to squeeze his burly figure look really funny. It sets a great mood for a funny, adventurous movie.

Charlie becomes mad as he finds out he has got a stowaway in his boat who stole his sumptuously cooked beans and onions. But he allows Alan to stay in the boat and orders him to serve as a cleaner until he gets dropped off in rabbit island that’s on course. While Charlie is asleep, Alan changes the course towards a remote, tiny island that is supposed to have a treasure according to his uncle’s map. Once Charlie finds out that the course is changed, they get into a fight, tumble into the water, and miss the boat. And so, they have to sail to that island all the way.

What do they do now? Go for the treasure, at least!

As they delve into the island interiors, the movie rolls like a paradise. What visual treat to the sore eyes that have been constantly bombarded with the monotony of concrete! The lush tropical green, and fuzzy brown coconut and palm trees, and the mouth-watering plump and yellow bananas just hook you in for an adventure of your own. They step into a village where they meet a friendly tribe group, a bunch of hostile pirates who abduct those tribes for slave trading, and an old, armed, Japanese soldier who still believes the World War II is on.

The premise offers a number of riotous situations for slapstick stunts. That is a cakewalk for the duo! And when Bud Spencer rubs his palms together and spits on them, he means business. Alas! The pirates have to face the monstrous rolling fists. Though the movie is a bit too long for such a plot, the exotic locale, funny faces, comic expressions, and a few hilarious stunt scenes will keep you interested till the end. Not the best of flicks from the duo, but certainly a keeper for the fans and collectors of slapstick movies!

A comic relief, anyday, anytime!