Review of For a Few Dollars More (1965) by Cael M — 28 Jun 2013

Sergio Leone once again changes the western genre with For A Few Dollars More, the second movie in the Man With No Name trilogy. I really couldn't ask for more, since it had more Eastwood, had a chilling soundtrack by Morricone, a great direction from Leone, and an awesome performance by Lee Van Cleef.

The chemistry between Eastwood and Cleef made this movie alone, but of course, there's so much more to this movie than that. Once again, there's an interesting story, and this time, it's about two bountry hunters (Eastwood and Cleef) teaming up to take down the leader of an outlaw gang, also known as Indio.

All of this leads up to one of the most haunting, chilling finales I've ever seen, and an overall classic western that yet again redefined the western genre. To me, I think the trilogy progressively gets better by each movie, and that shows Leone's improvement as a director.

I honestly think Leone is practically an artist with his masterful use of blending the different western elements and showing it through a different lens, and that makes this a must-see western movie.

This is my 2nd favorite western movie (The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly being not only my favorite western, but my favorite movie of all time).