For a Few Dollars More (1965)

Subject: For a Few Dollars More (1965) Wed Aug 06, 2008 12:03 am

Sergio Leone's For a Few Dollars More is the "sequel" to A Fistful of Dollars and the second film in the Man With No Name Trilogy. This film, which does not have anything to do with the first film so it's not really a true sequel, tells the story of two bounty hunters. After killing a couple criminals and collecting a few small bounties, there is an enormous bounty that they both want to get. While they're enemies at first, they decide the best strategy is to team up. One of the main parts of the film centers around a bank robbery in El Paso, TX and the two bounty hunters attempt to use this to capture the criminals. Overall, the plot is pretty good but not great. For just about the last 20 minutes or so right at the end the plot is kind of confusing, but this confusion is erased with the ending. A second viewing and the film would probably make more sense, but even with this confusion it isn't too bad.

The film stars Clint Eastwood as the man with no name along with Lee Van Cleef as his partner. Other than Eastwood and Van Cleef, all of the actors are foreign mostly from Spain and Italy. As appears to be typical for a western, there isn't much in the way of dialogue and none of the roles are terribly demanding of the actors. What little acting is required isn't bad, but there really isn't much to say about the acting. Eastwood's character is kind of cool, but that's about it.

This film's score is somewhat noticeable. The music is by Ennio Morricone who also did the music for every Leone film save his first one. The music in both films I have seen is quite good and feels pretty western.

Overall, this is a pretty typical spaghetti western. It's got plenty of shooting, a fairly simple plot, and characters with little depth or backstory. People who don't like westerns likely won't find any redeeming qualities in this film, but western fans will probably enjoy it.

74/100
C

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I thought that you had already watched that one.

Subject: Re: For a Few Dollars More (1965) Wed Aug 06, 2008 9:21 am

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