For A Few Dollars More

Rating:
Summary: A great sequel to A Fistful of Dollars
Review: I liked this movie mainly because of the pairing of Eastwood and Van Cleef. Eastwood reprises his role as the "The Man with No Name" and this time he partners with Colonel Mortimer (Lee Van Cleef), a fellow bounty hunter who has a personal reason for tracking down the notorious bankrobber Indio, who is worth $10,000 dead or alive. It is interesting that many of the actors who played the villains in "A Fistful of Dollars" are seen again here (e.g. Gian Maria Volonte as Indio)and the location seems to be very similar to that of the first movie. I liked the character of Colonel Mortimer because not only is he a great sharpshooter but he displays himself as a man of principle, in contrast to Eastwood's character, who is only in it for the money. Lee Van Cleef steals many of the scenes. In this movie he plays a good character while in the sequel, "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly," Van Cleef plays the "Bad" guy. The music by Ennio Morricone is classic. The only drawback in this movie is that much of the gun battles seem cartoonish and many of the people who are shot have no sign of blood to show for their wounds! However, if you are a fan of Eastwood and of Spaghetti Westerns, you'll like this movie a lot.

Rating:
Summary: For A Few Dollars More - An outstanding sequel!
Review: For A Few Dollars More is, in my opinion, by far the best of the "Man With No Name" trilogy! In "A Fistful of Dollars," director Sergio Leone bowled the viewers over with Clint Eastwood's character being a gruff gunslinger of few words and lots of action. In this sequel Eastwood's character has a lot more depth and even a little bit of humor. I am highly impressed with the script and acting in this particular film, especially in comparison with its predecessor. One can even consider it funny but useful that a few of the villains from the first film that were quite dead at the end of that one, are back now with new names! Magnificent performances by both Clint Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef serve to enhance this movie's style.

The premise:

This movie has a wonderful beginning as we are introduced to Lee Van Cleef's character while he's in the performance of his role of a bounty killer. We are then treated to the reintroduction of Clint Eastwood's character, which actually does have the name of Monco, while he is taking care of his business as a bounty killer as well. Once the director has shown these two acts, he deftly shows how they end up on the same path as they both find out that they can score it big by killing Gian Maria Volonte's character, Indio and his gang. From there, we're taken to El Paso where the film's intrigue and suspense kick into high gear as both Eastwood and Van Cleef's characters meet.

If you've never seen this movie or its predecessor, I highly suggest you check these movies out as they're basically the mold for many of the westerns that followed. Prior to this movie and "A Fistful of Dollars," westerns were much tamer, which lends to the popularity of these movies which have a lot more grit and realism to them.

Special Features:

Just like "A Fistful of Dollars" this movie is jam packed with hours and hours of special features, documentaries etc... This DVD is all about what it's supposed to be, the movie! It does include a great theatrical trailer and an exceptional 8 page booklet that gives a lot of great information about the movie and the people involved. {ssintrepid}

Rating:
Summary: Definitely A Great Film!
Review: My mum said we had to watch this film and in return we watched "Tomorrow Never Dies". It was good. This is the only film in the trilogy I've seen. I watched the old '89 VHS edition, but it was good. Lee Van Cleef was Mum's favorite actor. It has great action, but I'm confused by the "R" rating. I would've given it a "PG", "PG-13" at most. I look forward to when I'm 18, buying the gift set with "A Fistful of Dollars", "For a Few Dollars More" and "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly". Here's a pun, I was at Bruegger's in Pittsburgh, and they had a sign which said, the good, bagels, the bad, doughnuts, and the ugly, croissant. That'll rap it up. Adiós.

Rating:
Summary: A great sequel to A Fistful of Dollars
Review: I liked this movie mainly because of the pairing of Eastwood and Van Cleef. Eastwood reprises his role as the "The Man with No Name" and this time he partners with Colonel Mortimer (Lee Van Cleef), a fellow bounty hunter who has a personal reason for tracking down the notorious bankrobber Indio, who is worth $10,000 dead or alive. It is interesting that many of the actors who played the villains in "A Fistful of Dollars" are seen again here (e.g. Gian Maria Volonte as Indio)and the location seems to be very similar to that of the first movie. I liked the character of Colonel Mortimer because not only is he a great sharpshooter but he displays himself as a man of principle, in contrast to Eastwood's character, who is only in it for the money. Lee Van Cleef steals many of the scenes. In this movie he plays a good character while in the sequel, "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly," Van Cleef plays the "Bad" guy. The music by Ennio Morricone is classic. The only drawback in this movie is that much of the gun battles seem cartoonish and many of the people who are shot have no sign of blood to show for their wounds! However, if you are a fan of Eastwood and of Spaghetti Westerns, you'll like this movie a lot.

Rating:
Summary: One Of the Three Best Westerns Ever
Review: Along with The Good The Bad and The Ugly, and Once Upon A Time In The West, this is a western masterpiece and one of the best ever made. While not as polished as the above mentioned, For A Few Dollars More contains some of the best scenes in the history of westerns. Col. Mortimer gunning down Guy Callaway, Clint riding in to Aqua Caliente alone, and my favorite, Mortimer lighting a match on Wild's suspenders. Like GBU, I have seen this movie at least a hundred times, and have enjoyed it since I was a 7th grader. A classic western in the Italian style, boasts a superb soundtrack to boot.

Rating:
Summary: Next part
Review: This is a continuation of "fistful of dollars" and NOT a remake of "Sanjuro" like "Fistful.." was of "Yojimbo". This film is quite underated and I find it part of the series and in that fact it is just as good as fistful. The series is just that, a series with "Fistful of dollars" taking the reigns. "For a few dollars more" gives some character development and "The Good The Bad and the Ugly" gives best of both worlds and ends the series. All in all each film CAN be watched by it's lonesome but to get the fullness from the series they should be watched one after the other.

Rating:
Summary: Great movie, horrible DVD
Review: The print quality is awful, like they took a worn tape and dubbed it, speckles all over the place. And sound is out of synch by nearly a half second!! Didn't anyone watch this before they shoved it out on the market? Shameful. A total burn job.

Rating:
Summary: I would say the weakest of the three...
Review: bucking the trend of other reviews, i would say that this is the
weakest of the trilogy

GB&U has the epic scope and a monumental story spread over an
agreeably long film. fistful is a remake of yojimbo, but done
competently enough, and the freshness of the character and the
new style that it heralded, make it a memorable event

but a few dollars more suffers from a number of sequel problems;
clint's character is not evolved far in this; instead, the
character development is left for the van cleef character

of course, using a number of the same actors from the first
film always manages to confuse (given that this is a sequel

but the main problem with this episode in the series is that the
violence just becomes overdone. in place of the relatively
few actual shoot-outs in the first, this one has an almost
continual stream of people falling to the guns of the two leads.
the repetitiveness of it becomes tedious

but, as part of a truely novel series, this film is still worthy
of watching

Rating:
Summary: Better Than the Original
Review: I liked "A Fistful of Dollars," but if I had to pick between the two I would definately choose "For a Few Dollars More." My main reason is that this is a true Sergio Leone film. "Fistful of Dollars" was Sergio Leone trying to emulate Akira Kurosawa, and while he did a decent job for a remake, at the same time it just doesn't feel like the same film as his other classics. This one, however, has the feel and flavor of any Sergio film.

The action is, as usual, good, and Lee Van Clief returns as a gunsman with his sights on the same man as Clint Eastwood. The two men manage to pull off good chemistry between Lee's think-now, act later character and Clint's more rough and tumble persona (which was a bit weird to me because I saw it as reversed in the first film). The film has a few twists and surprises that will keep it from getting predictable.

In summary, a surprisingly good sequal, and probably one of the few sequals that I liked better than the original.

Rating:
Summary: Another spaghetti classic
Review: For a Few Dollars More is the second in Sergio Leone's Dollars trilogy and many believe the best of the three. The story centers around two bounty hunters who are hunting down a notorious outlaw band led by El Indio. The two unwilling partners work from the inside of the gang after a successful bank robbery in El Paso. This is one of the first buddy films that puts two very different people into a rough situation. This should be the perfect example of what a spaghetti western should be. The perfect anti-hero, a sneering older rival, a huge gang made up of spaghetti regulars, great gunfights, and another exceptional soundtrack by Ennio Morricone. How can you go wrong?

Clint Eastwood reprises his role as the Man with No Name although he is referred to as Manco in this role. The part is better than in a Fistful of Dollars and right up there with The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Lee Van Cleef plays the role of Colonel Mortimer, the bounty hunter who teams up with Eastwood to track down the notorious gang. There is a mystery about why he is hunting down the gang that is revealed late in the movie. Gina Maria Volonte must be mentioned as the sadistic, marijuana smoking gang leader El Indio. His villain is still one of the best in the spaghetti genre. The rest of the cast included Mara Krup, Luigi Pistilli, Mario Brega, Aldo Sambrell, Benito Stefanelli, Panos Papadopulos, and Klaus Kinski as the crazed hunchbacked gunfighter. The DVD is very good with an informative booklet included, widescreen presentation that looks great, and theatrical trailer all there. Well worth it for such a classic western!