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This pulse-pounding follow-up to Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars brings back Clint Eastwood as the serape-clad, cigar-chewing "Man With No Name." Engaged in an ongoing battle with bounty hunter Co... read more read more...l. Douglas Mortimer (Lee Van Cleef), the Man joins forces with his enemy to capture homicidal bandit Indio (Gian Maria Volontè). Both the Eastwood and Van Cleef characters are given understandable motivations for their bloodletting tendencies, something that was lacking in A Fistful of Dollars. In both films, however, the violence is raw and uninhibited -- and in many ways, curiously poetic. Leone's tense, tight close-ups, pregnant pauses, and significant silences have since been absorbed into the standard spaghetti Western lexicon; likewise, Ennio Morricone's haunting musical score has been endlessly imitated and parodied. For a Few Dollars More was originally titled Per Qualche Dollaro in Più; it would be followed by the last and best of the Man with No Name trilogy, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Directed by: Sergio Leone

Release Date: December 18, 1965

Keywords: western

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  • fb1664868775
    March 4, 2012
    fb1664868775
    Though not as essential as its predecessor, For A Few Dollars more shows Leone's style evolving. Nice addition with Lee Van Cleef as well.
  • FilmFanatik
    September 5, 2011
    FilmFanatik
    I think this is the first time that I've rated a Sergio Leone film lower than 5 stars, but I have my reasons. For a Few Dollars More, being the third in the "Dollars trilogy" (or the "Man with No Name" trilogy, if you buy into that marketing strategy), is not quite up to snuff wi... read moreth the other entries in the series - or even in the rest of Leone's body of work. First of all, there isn't a clear focus on who is who and what is what... that is we can't really connect with the characters because we have a difficult time latching onto their characters. It doesn't make for very compelling drama. Second of all, Eastwood's character seems to take a backseat in this one. He doesn't do a whole hell of a lot and is even a bystander in film's climactic shoot-out. That just doesn't sit well with me. The ideas are there, the score is great and Gian Maria Volonte's villainous role is just superbly performed, but it feels like a step back to me. I love Sergio Leone's work, but this feels weak, and that's saying a lot being that everything he ever directed is basically a masterpiece of the art form. I don't discount it, but it isn't the strongest entry in the trilogy.
  • DragonEyeMorrison
    August 30, 2011
    DragonEyeMorrison
    Volonte steals the movie from Eastwood and Lee in many ways.
  • TheDudeLebowski65
    July 7, 2011
    TheDudeLebowski65
    Sergio Leone is one of cinema's greatest directors. The second part in his Dollars trilogy, For A Few Dollars More is is an astounding sequel to For A Fistful Of Dollars. This follow up film is grand, and epic. This film is even bigger A Fistful Of Dollars. With every film that S... read moreergio Leone made, he would outdo the next one. A tremendous, talented director, Sergio Leone is the only director in history to perfect the Western genre and deliver constantly entertaining Westerns. Clint Eastwood returns in top form as the man with no name. Accompanied by Lee Van Cleef who also star opposite Eastwood in the third part: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly, Sergio Leone's second film follows two bounty hunters (Eastwood, Van Cleef) who decide to team up to capture a criminal by the name of El Indio, brilliantly played by Gian Maria Vonlonte. As usual, Ennio Morricone's wonderful talents are used here and he delivers one powerful score. Morricone and Leone were an incredible team and their efforts are legendary. For A Few Dollars More has everything you'd expect from a Leone Western. A great story, mixed with drama and action. Leone was a master storyteller and I admire everyone of his films. I think that his films really revolutionized the way people make movies. For A Few Dollars More is an epic follow to A Fistful Of Dollars, and with that said, it's really hard to pick a favorite Sergio Leone Western. Each of his films are so well crafted and plotted that it's impossible to dismiss him. He was a powerful story teller, but I do not view him as a filmmaker, I view him as an artist. His pictures were art. Simple as that. This is yet another terrific piece of cinema that true film buffs will enjoy.
  • cancercapricorn2002
    May 22, 2011
    cancercapricorn2002
    When discussing the amazing films of Sergio Leone, the one movie that usually gets lost in the shuffle is `For a Few Dollars More'. This is slightly understandable, since it's just a hair below the impossibly good standards of `The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly' and `Once Upon a Ti... read moreme in the West' (among others), but there's no denying that `For a Few Dollars More' is still a terrific movie in its own right. In fact, if judged on its own merits instead of in comparison to Leone's other works, it's nearly a classic.

    In this film, the Man With No Name (Clint Eastwood), who's now been dubbed `Manco' by a couple of his fellow bounty hunters, is working his way through the Old West, systematically picking off and collecting the reward for despicable criminals and other lowlifes. He's worked his way up to hunting down the most ruthless bandit of them all, Indio (the incredibly underrated Gian Maria Volonté), a depraved killer who's recently escaped from prison. Also on the hunt for Indio, however, is the bounty hunter Colonel Mortimer (Lee Van Cleef), who has a personal score to settle with the killer. The film becomes an interesting three-way game of cat and mouse, as Colonel Mortimer and the Man With No Name struggle to work around (and with) each other, as well as to hunt down Indio, who's decided he's not going to be taken down without a fight.

    Eastwood's portrayal of The Man With No Name really getting to flourish for the first time in this film - there's glimpses of it in `A Fistful of Dollars', but this is the first time it becomes apparent how weirdly moral the Man With No Name is. He can be a bloodthirsty, brutal bully at times, but he only acts that way around people he thinks deserve to knocked down a peg or two. To women, children (at least the ones that try to steal from him), and others he considers to be `innocent', the Man With No Name is surprisingly deferential, even kind. There's a lot of complexity to the character, and Eastwood pulls it off with some serious style.

    Van Cleef is also great as Colonel Mortimer, although it's weird to see him in this film as Mortimer and then in `The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly' as the dastardly Angel Eyes - the two characters are such complete opposites. Mortimer is a lot like the Man With No Name - adhering to a strange code of honor, doing heroic things by often unheroic methods. Because of their similarities, the relationship between the two characters is terrific, veering between complete distrust and grudging respect. In a way, `For a Few Dollars' more is one of the first modern `buddy' action movies - the way Eastwood and Van Cleef interact with each other seems eerily like the predecessor to movies like `Lethal Weapon' and `48 Hours'.

    Director Sergio Leone does a great job with this film as well - the initial meeting between The Man With No Name and Colonel Mortimer is appropriately tense, bordering on near film perfection. So are the scenes with Indio and his gang (watch Indio's storytelling explanation about how he plans to rob a bank), as well as the final confrontation between all the characters -- awesome. Leone also uses the score of Ennio Morricone to great effect, using a haunting little tune from Indio's pocket watch to great effect throughout the film. The pacing, the backgrounds, the shot set-ups - all awesome. Leone's one of the unappreciated film greats of all time.

    `For a Few Dollars More' is simply a fantastic film; if you haven't already seen this one, rent it immediately.
  • TheGame90
    November 12, 2010
    TheGame90
    Better than Fistful of Dollars. You see...back in the days...when you did sequels...you tried to make them better and better...as was the case with these 3 movies....today...you try to make more and more money...tvi....Lee Van Cleef has a pretty good stoneface that sure can compe... read morete with the Clint
  • danperry17
    November 5, 2010
    danperry17
    I liked this better than the first in Leone's trilogy, a rare thing for me and a sequel. Here's why: the hero and his objectives were clearer and more accessible from the beginning. While Fistful of Dollars leaves you to deduce that Eastwood's character is playing both sides, in ... read morethe second film, he has to get to a wanted baddie before Col. Mortimer (Lee Van Cleef) in order to collect a huge bounty. The film that follows is dramatic, action-packed and beautifully shot, a perfect set up to the third and final installment, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, which I can't wait to see. If it's truly the masterpiece it's rumoured to be, then this will be the only trilogy I've seen where the films get better as the series goes on.
  • DrZeek
    May 22, 2010
    DrZeek
    El Indio: When the music ends, pick up your gun. Go ahead and shoot me Colonel. Just try.

    Eastwood, Leone and Morricone return to make the sequel...for a few dollars more...to add to the budget. Eastwood is still as cool as ever, but Lee Van Cleef steps into the game as well, an... read mored is almost just as cool.

    Van Cleef is given a backstory and motive to go after the ruthless Indio. The movie is essentially about Clint and Lee joining forces as fellow "bounty killers" to go after Indio, who is a very evil man, set to rob a bank. Slick widescreen footage and cool moments follow.

    This is probably the most underrated of the trilogy, looked over because of The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, but this could be considered just as top notch. The story is better than 'Fistful' with more complexity, but tighter than "Good, Bad, Ugly", has more action with less build up, but for the times when there is build up, you better believe your on the edge of your seat waiting to see what happens.

    There are some good one liners as well as plenty of 'guy movie' moments, including a shooting match between the two 'bounty killers'. For being a western, there is also reasonably good acting from Van Cleef and Indio, concerning their characters. Once again Morricone's score sets the stage for the movie, giving personal themes, tone and intensity, making everything work out.

    'Baby' Red Cavanaugh: I didn't hear what the bet was.
    Monco: Your life.
  • ythelastman89
    March 30, 2010
    ythelastman89
    It perhaps has the greatest western premise of all time: Two Bounty Killers team up to hunt down and infiltrate a notorious gang of outlaws. Sergio Leone completely topped himself with this incredibly unprecedented sequel/prequel to A Fistful of Dollars. The budget is bigger, th... read moree story grander and the characters more ruthless. This is the greatest American western that America failed to make. It takes classics like Rio Bravo and The Searchers and improves them in ways they could never have dreamed to. There are no rules, only western justice and big showdowns.
    I absolutely love the dynamics between the characters in this installment of the Dollarâ??s Trilogy. Instead of having Clint Eastwoodâ??s Man With No Name go solo again against the villains, Leone paired him with Lee Van Cleefâ??s Colonel Mortimer, a Union Soldier turned Bounty Killer. Now this was Van Cleefâ??s first major role and he pulls it off like a well seasoned star. He has such a great look and presence that he holds his own up against a living legend like Clint Eastwood quite easily. The two of them have a great father-son relationship that I think puts this movie at a very emotionally powerful level. Then, for the villains there are Indio and Klaus Kinski. Two equally odd actorâ??s and amazing characters. While Kinski doesnâ??t make it all that far in the film, he still manages to be one of the most memorable parts of the film. Indio in many ways is my favorite villain in the series, he is just so over the top and flat out weird that you canâ??t wait to see what heâ??ll do next.
    Sergio Leone really came into his own in terms of style and cinematic scale with For A Few Dollars More. The pacing is excellent, the visuals are unbeatable and the script is perfect. It is a movie that deals with a lot in such a flawless way. The ending is perhaps one of the greatest in motion picture history. The twist is absolutely brilliant and it turns the entire film into one really well executed revenge epic. Ennio Morriconeâ??s score really sends the story away with an even more impressive range than he did with Fistful. All in all, it is very close to beating The Good, The Bad and The Ugly and easily my second favorite Western.
  • cosmo313
    December 11, 2009
    cosmo313
    For a Few Dollars More is an improvement over A Fistful of Dollars in every way (except for the music-it's still just as perfect). This is the second best film in the trilogy. It has all the strengths but none of the weakness of Fistful, yet isn't quite (emphasis on quite) the ma... read moresterpiece that The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly is. Leone really hit his stride with this film (stylistically) and just got better. Clint once again gives a great performance, but so do Van Cleef and Volonte. These movies make me really want to be apart of the time period they depict- they make it look so cool.

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Critic Reviews

Bosley Crowther
May 9, 2005
Bosley Crowther, New York Times

The fact that this film is constructed to endorse the exercise of murderers, to emphasize killer bravado and generate glee in frantic manifestations of death is, to my mind, a sharp indictment of it a... Full Review

Roger Ebert
October 23, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Here is a gloriously greasy, sweaty, hairy, bloody and violent Western. It is delicious. Full Review

James Plath
December 29, 2011
James Plath, Movie Metropolis

Most fans pick The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly as the stand-out, but I really like this one best. Full Review

Tim Brayton
August 20, 2011
Tim Brayton, Antagony & Ecstasy

A tremendously good sequel, on top of being a tremendously good movie in and of itself - surely the best Italian Western at the time of its release. Full Review

Charles Cassady
December 15, 2010
Charles Cassady, Common Sense Media

More violence and Clint-itude in Italian Western. Full Review

Fernando F. Croce
January 22, 2010
Fernando F. Croce, Slant Magazine

The parodical outline of Fistful of Dollars gains flesh and curves Full Review

Dan Jardine
December 31, 2009
Dan Jardine, Cinemania

He indulges in a certain sexually-charged imagery lifted straight from film noir Full Review

Dennis Schwartz
July 20, 2007
Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

The amoral film should give the less hardy pause as to its relevance or worth or endorsement for vigilante justice. Full Review

Jeffrey M. Anderson
June 22, 2007
Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid

Every scene crackles with energy. Full Review

August 29, 2006
TV Guide's Movie Guide

By introducing the character of Mortimer, Leone is able to counterpoint Eastwood's cold, amoral gunslinger with a man who has a past and a purpose. Full Review

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