Review of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) by Vincerocks123 — 26 Apr 2015

The Final Chapter of one the biggest tough western franchise in history Sergio Leone finally makes his third and last Dollars installment more advanced and original in design, with an amazing plot and lots of good use in money to film all the battle scenes, gunfights, with beautiful exterior shots of the Spaniard Plateau landscape serving as the Old West and a massive well done score by Ennnio Morricone.

Clint Eastwood reprises his tough guy performance as the poncho wearing grizzled faced gunslinger with no name but being referred to as "Blondi", who stumbles on a hunt for a treasure trove of Confederate gold deep in the old southwest, where he faces competition by ruthless mean eyed bounty hunter Angel Eyes (Lee Van Cleef) and greedy hot-tempered oafishly comical bandito outlaw Tuco.

The film is climatic with the Civil War raging on as the rivaled triumvirate dash down to Mexican territory to reclaim the treasure before the other those. this is probably the most ambitious western since John Ford's the Searchers but more darker and bloodier, and is as glorifying for the Western genre with many memorable scenes and lines from the last climatic Mexican standoff to lots of memorable punchlines delivered by the three vicious characters and Morricone's famous opening theme.

Eastwood, Van Cleef, and Wallach are awesome playing their roles well like three dogs of different brute lifestyles fighting over a pile of bones, and a well deserved international Box office score, this film is probably the best western ever made.