The best of the so-called Dollars Trilogy.

Every time it's on I cant turn it off

A little too long and slow to start but a damn fine spaghetti western.

That is one of the best endings I have ever seen

The most complete and spectacular of Leone's westerns, this really boils down to the once in a lifetime performances of Clint Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef. As world-class bounty hunters chasing the same contract, the duo agrees to an uneasy truce before turning every trick in the book to double-cross and one-up each other. It's an unrelenting barrage of stern-faced masculinity, bravado and marksmanship, with filthy hired hands perfectly willing to trade bullets around every other corner.

As with each of the director's dust-soaked pictures, this film covers for its small budget with an excess of personality and buckets of atmosphere, which results in a tougher, bolder, more genuine take than the most expensive Hollywood blockbusters of today. The infamous showdown with a truly despicable set of bounties may be what sends this picture riding off into the sunset, but it's a quieter scene earlier in the story that's always stuck with me: two grizzled old hunters trying to impress one other with nothing more than an empty street, a set of pistols and a pair of bullet-riddled hats.

Too long, but a fine watch in all other aspects. By now I’ve learned that it takes me some time to get into a western and this one was no different. It’s enjoyable, but it’s a bit more forgettable than others that I’ve watched.

The Dollars trilogy by Sergio Leone
A Fistful of Dollars - Part 1
For a Few Dollars More- Part 2
The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly - Part 3

One of the best I’ve ever seen. This movie has everything. There ate turns you wouldn’t imagine.

I'd rank it slightly below the original, but that's unimportant as 'For a Few Dollars More' is still a lot of fun.

Clint Eastwood is tremendous again as the lead character, while Gian Maria Volonté reappears as a different character - usually I'm not a fan of actors playing different characters in a series, but I must make an exception here as Volonté is terrific; just as he is in the preceding 1964 film. One newcomer to the cast is Lee Van Cleef, who is brilliant too.

A story regarding bounty hunting was always going to be enjoyable, which is most definitely the case here. The aforementioned trio are massively entertaining. I particularly found the ending to be one of the best parts of this.

I was excited to check out 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly' even prior to watching the first two films, given it's the one I knew most of beforehand, but its two predecessors really have wet the appetite and then some!

The film is an international co-production between Italy, West Germany, and Spain. It is part of the "Dollars Trilogy", or the "Man with No Name Trilogy".
A Fistful Of Dollars; Per un pugno di dollari (1964) https://trakt.tv/movies/a-fistful-of-dollars-1964
For a Few Dollars More; Per qualche dollaro in più(1965) https://trakt.tv/movies/for-a-few-dollars-more-1965
The Good The Bad And The Ugly; Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo (1966) https://trakt.tv/movies/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-1966

If you found "A Fistful of Dollars" too restrained and "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" too episodic, this could be the film for you. The three memorable main characters combined with Leone's exuberant style and Morricone's epic soundtrack manage to give new life to what could have been the usual pastiche of western stereotypes. If Eastwood's character in "A Fistful of Dollars" still retained some heroic traits while saving the damsel in distress, here he is just an opportunistic bounty killer making his way in an outlaw world.

Leone gives us an interesting twist to the notion that the audience has to connect to the characters. In this trilogy (and in the wonderful Once Upon a Time in the West) the characters are generally neither good nor bad. You didn't particularly care about the characters nor did you need to know where they came from nor where they were going. The viewer is just dropped into the middle of a scenario and this allows the user to focus on the brilliant story. The fact that you know nothing about the characters (nor do they know anything about each other) brings a certain amount of suspense to the mix.

The traditional Leone trappings are front and center in this movie - musical score, wide shots, close shots, long stretches of silence, etc. I've rehashed those in some of the other reviews so I don't need to do it again here.

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Compelling, stylish & incredibly iconic: this is THE western! Magnificent directing & music; acting done by an incredible leading trio. Story is simple yet addictive: there is more humor, action & adventure. The gritty atmosphere leads up to a stunning finale. Masterpiece!

For a Few Dollars More is the second film in the No Name trilogy and is a slight step up from the first. For starters, this had a better story than a Fistful of Dollars and also it has Lee Van Cleef which instantly makes it better and more fun. He plays such an interesting character and theirs a lot more than meets the eye with him. Seeing him and Clint team up is so much fun and the humour they have together creates some of the series best moments. El Indio and his gang of bandits make for some interesting villains and I particular liked El Indio's backstory with the watch. It helped create a more human character instead of a throwaway villain. Some incredible action set pieces are also included. The amazing shootout near the end, and the actual ending itself is so iconic with the return of the music blends so perfectly.

8/10

As I said with A Fistful of Dollars, these films have aged incredibly well when it comes to visuals. This film improves on the last one on almost all fronts, however pacing was a bit off on this compared to AFoD. The last half an hour was superb. 8.2/10.