Stephen Bird All three films of the Dollars trilogy are undoubtedly classics, but For a Few Dollars More is better than A Fist Full of Dollars and not that far off The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. The man with no name strikes again, and Clint Eastwood is the man with no gimmicks, the guy just doesn't need one, he oozes charisma and demands respect without even needing to open his mouth. Lee Van Cleef plays a great foil for the western legend, but his natural charm and efficiency has to give way for that of Eastwood's, you just knew from the beginning of their partnership who would walk away looking stronger, nobody outshines Eastwood, nobody. I like westerns for their vastness and attempts to venture into the unknown, spaghetti westerns are a particular favourite, Sergio Leone is capable of assembling a cast of relatively unknown foreigners to star alongside the two American leads and just make it work, make a classic out of it. The Dollars trilogy are proper old school, grown up films..., a time before the younger generations took control, cluttered with prima donas and kids who consider themselves to be hard, no-no you're not hard, not at all, Clint Eastwood's hard, the older generations were hard, and this trilogy of films is a shining example. I loved the sound of the gunfire echoing and reverberating across the landscape, loud and raw, you don't get that in film anymore..., I loved Ennio Morricone's haunting score, some of the best music in film I've ever heard, the closet thing to perfect you'll ever hear..., and I loved the slower more methodical pacing of the film, it doesn't go head first or a hundred miles an hour, it's slow at times almost to a crawl, it builds tension and adds to brilliance. El Indio the main antagonist of the film is revolting, a hideous, heartless man with no morals, I was impressed that a character was created such as this without making him over the top and overly animated, he like a lot of the film is slow, somewhat lazily, but he's truly disgusting nonetheless. For a Few Dollars More was released during a transitional time in Hollywood, gone was the golden era but the New Hollywood era hadn't quite reared its head just yet, therefore I don't quite know what era to class this film as, I'm going to go with neither, it doesn't have a category, it stands alone with its two other trilogy mates, making all three films that extra bit special, they staggered the line between two distinctive eras. For any budding film fan or film student, all three films in this spaghetti western trilogy are essential viewing.

BA_Harrison For his follow up to spaghetti western classic A Fistful of Dollars, director Sergio Leone serves up more of the same, with lots of squinty eyed heroics, cigar chomping and twitchy trigger fingers. This time around, Clint Eastwood's impossibly cool 'man with no name' teams up with fellow bounty killer Col. Douglas Mortimer (Lee Van Cleef) to claim the money on the head of despicable outlaw El Indio (Gian Maria Volontè) and his gang (whose number include Klaus Kinski as an ornery hunchback), who are planning to rob the bank of El Paso.With every frame carefully considered, For A Few Dollars More is visually stylish throughout, and boasts an impressive score by the ever reliable Ennio Morricone, making the film a treat for both eyes and ears. The pacing, however, lets the movie down somewhat: at well over two hours, the rather slight story tends to drag at times—not quite as much as Leone's next two over-rated movies perhaps, but enough for my mind to start wandering at times.6.5/10, rounded up to 7 for IMDb.

mojtaba_studious-168-680244 just don't know why the good, bad and the ugly is known for the best western when for a few dollars more exists. even if all the 7 milliard people in the world say that the good, bad and the ugly is the best, i will say just the last 10 minutes of for a few dollars more is better than whole the film, the good, bad and the ugly. this is the greatest western film of all time and a great gift from Leone to the cinema. for a few dollars more has the best story in western genre.

jojojo_65 wow, wow.. I loved the good, the bad and the ugly until i saw FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE. i definitely choose this as my favorite western movie of all time. I saw the film some years ago but it has influenced me very much and i thaught about it a lot. i like it more than the good, bad and the ugly because of: 1. the story is more serious than the good, bad and the ugly 2. the friendship between Manco and Colonel 3. starrings of major characters 4. the timing is in balance and not too long like the third part of dollars trilogy and many other reasons..