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Great Film overall

Good concept, poorly executed.

Blistering performances.

I was late to the party on this one. I always liked it but after a number of viewings spanning several decades I finally appreciate it's greatness. Leone took his time telling a story. But for me, "For a Few Dollars More" is the only one that doesn't seem to be just a bit too long. Great stuff right from the get go.

Not quite having the epic scope of "Good, Bad and Ugly" this is somewhat closer to a "typical spaghetti western". But that's hardly a bad thing. and it's one the best of it's kind! Of course with Leone's direction, Morricone's score and performances from Eastwood and Van Cleef one would expect greatness, and this film definitely delivers!

Second time out, Leone scores top marks. The build up to gunfights are more drawn out and stylized, the cackling has been amped up a notch, the ridiculously accurate marksmanship reaches surreal levels, and Leone isn't in a hurry to do anything, marrying silence or Morricone's soundtrack with scenes where people just stare at each other, smoke, or lead horses through sudden rainburst. This is third in the top twenty films on the Spaghetti Western database, only beaten by the next two films Leone directed! Van Cleef plays Col. Mortimer, a bounty hunter with an arsenal of weapons used for taking out the bad guys. He gets particularly riled when he spots a wanted poster for Indio (Volonte), a dope smoking bank robber who has just been busted out of jail. Mortimer's going to find out that he's not the only hunter on Indio's tail, as the Man With No Name (called Manko here) is also out to get that bounty.It takes about an hour for the above paragraph to happen, but you won't care. In that time we find that Indio is holding a dark secret he keeps at bay with drugs, and has something to do with that pocket watch he carries. We also get to see that the Bounty Hunters are just as deadly as the bad guys too, and there's a kind of battle of the wills going on between Eastwood and Van Cleef.This film is exactly what you want from a Spaghetti Western. Reality goes out of the window and instead you get a film where men can stop and start spurs spinning by shooting them, or continually shoot a hat up into the air, or light a match off of Klaus Kinski's hump. It's all look amazing too, thanks to Massimo Dallamano's cinematography, which looks like an oil painting (he does the same in his own Western, Bandidos).Luigi Pistilli stands out in this one too, as one of the smarter members of Indio's gang, which is maybe why he's got a bigger role in The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. Of course Klaus Kinski appears in more Spaghetti Westerns than anyone else, including The Fighting Fists Of Shanghai Joe, His Name Is King, And God Said To Cain, (continues listing films)

For A Few Dollars More (1965)Plot In A Paragraph: Two bounty hunters Monco (Clint Eastwood) and Colonel Douglas Mortimer (Lee Van Cleef) join forces to track the outlaw El Indio who has just broke out of prison.With triple the budget of A Fistful Of Dollars, Leone delivers a movie that is longer, funnier and bloodier than its predecessor. Even the gun play is more outlandish (seeing the end of Clints cigar get shot off amused my son no end) as is the actions set pieces!! Once again Ennino Morricone's score is superb. Lee Gan Cleef is simply as cool as a cucumber, Gina Maria Volonte (Ramon Rojo in A Fist Full Of Dollars) returns and is as reliable as he was first time around and he isn't the only one returning, Benito Stefanelli and Aldo Sambrell return too. As for Clint, he was heading in to the 8th and final season of Rawhide, and he dusts off the very same poncho he wore in the first movie and stakes his claim as a bona fide movie star As much as I love the first one, this one is even better!! And as a side note, the musical theme the watch played, was the first ringtone I ever downloaded!! Grossing $15 million A Few Dollars More was the 12th highest grossing movie and 1965. A fantastic success given its $600,000 budget.