For a Few Dollars More
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Two bounty hunters both pursue the brutal and sadistic bandit, El Indio, who has a large bounty on his head.
What critics thought
A film that originally landed with a thud among critics, dismissed as clichéd and morally dubious, but one that has since been thoroughly rehabilitated into genre-classic status. The gap between its initial reception and its current standing is genuinely striking — early reviewers saw shallow imitation where later audiences found elegance and tension. Contemporary critics tend to focus on the pairing of Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef as the engine that drives the film past its predecessor.
“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 as so-called entertainment in this day.”
Bosley Crowther·The New York Times
“one great old Western cliché after another”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“For a Few Dollars More is often overlooked in the trilogy, awkwardly sandwiched between both the original film and the best-known, but it's a stunning film in its own right.”
Paul Martinovic·Den of Geek
“Eastwood gives it his all and turns in another iconic performance along with scene stealer Lee Van Cleef, who helps make For a Few Dollars More twice as good as its predecessor.”
Paolo Sardinas·MovieWeb
Genres
Drama, Western
Cast & Crew
DirectorSergio Leone
StarringClint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Gian Maria Volonté, Mara Krupp, Luigi Pistilli
ComposerEnnio Morricone
For a Few Dollars More
Two bounty hunters both pursue the brutal and sadistic bandit, El Indio, who has a large bounty on his head.
What critics thought
A film that originally landed with a thud among critics, dismissed as clichéd and morally dubious, but one that has since been thoroughly rehabilitated into genre-classic status. The gap between its initial reception and its current standing is genuinely striking — early reviewers saw shallow imitation where later audiences found elegance and tension. Contemporary critics tend to focus on the pairing of Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef as the engine that drives the film past its predecessor.
“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 as so-called entertainment in this day.”
Bosley Crowther·The New York Times
“one great old Western cliché after another”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“For a Few Dollars More is often overlooked in the trilogy, awkwardly sandwiched between both the original film and the best-known, but it's a stunning film in its own right.”
Paul Martinovic·Den of Geek
“Eastwood gives it his all and turns in another iconic performance along with scene stealer Lee Van Cleef, who helps make For a Few Dollars More twice as good as its predecessor.”
Paolo Sardinas·MovieWeb
Genres
Drama, Western
Cast & Crew
DirectorSergio Leone
StarringClint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Gian Maria Volonté, Mara Krupp, Luigi Pistilli
ComposerEnnio Morricone
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