"For a Few Dollars More" is a highly enjoyable spaghetti western film. Situations and the plot are designed specifically for the fans of this genre. It is the 2nd film of the Dollars trilogy, which is also known as The Man with No Name. The films in the trilogy have nothing to do with each other in the means of story, but after seeing the 2nd film, it starts to make sense to me why they are called a trilogy. Even though the stories are completely unrelated, these films are gathered more or less around a similar plot. Soundtracks are equally beautiful, the leading actor, Clint Eastwood, stars in all three films. Even the names of the first two films are completing each other. "For a Few Dollars More" is more serious and complex compared to the first film of the trilogy, A Fistful of Dollars. From the point of view of action and story, I find this one more satisfying. You can feel that, in "For a Few Dollars More," director Sergio Leone has more trust in himself because of the success of the first film. He is more focused and his distinctive directing style is more visible in this one. The leading actors Clint Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef are completing each other. The villain El Indio, played by Gian Maria Volonte, seems to be the evilest character of the Western films I have ever seen. Besides the performances, soundtracks and the western atmosphere are the strongest points of the film. Even though there is well-structured story, you get the feeling that, things are happening based on the situations. It seems like the characters don't follow a plan, but react to incidents. This makes the film more complex and hard to anticipate.Lee Van Cleef, as Colonel Douglas Mortimer, is added to the second film as an experienced bounty hunter. This gives Sergio Leone a strong hand to play with, he is not limited in the means of characters. This liberty makes him create a better, a more independent story. Clint Eastwood, as Manco, is the other bounty hunter. His role is more or less the same as the first film. He wears the same clothes, talks the same, acts the same and even the way he smokes his tobacco is the same. He is a complete icon for western films. He shares the leading role with Lee Van Cleef, and this removes the responsibility from his shoulders to carry the film on his own. Sergio Leone uses Eastwood in the roles that are more suitable for him, which creates a more reliable character.Both Colonel Douglas Mortimer and Manco are highly talented gunmen, who make living out of the prize money issued for capturing or killing outlaws on the loose. We get to know Colonel Mortimer, Manco and the psychopath outlaw El Indio in the first scenes of the film. These scenes create a credibility for the future references. We are highly aware of what these men are capable of doing. After El Indio is taken out from the jail by his gang, a prize money of 10k USD is issued on his head. Mortimer and Manco decide to go after this guy, for different reasons, which are revealed in the end of the film. When they find out about each other, they decide to team up against El Indio and his gang.The film plays host for the iconic scenes where Mortimer and Manco shoot each other's hats, or the old man talking about the train company who wanted to buy his house to make a railway for the train and how he didn't sell it. "For a Few Dollars More" is a film where English-speaking guys are leading the roles made by Italian speaking people. Like the first film, this one is also a co-production of Italy, West Germany and Spain. Clint Eastwood's presence was critical for the second film, and it was not easy to convince him to star in it because he hasn't seen the first film and didn't know what to expect from it. So, the production company sent a copy of the film to him, which was Italian back then, and Eastwood gathered his friends and watched it. Based on his friends' positive feedbacks he accepted the role for a total sum of 50K USD which is 3 times more than his salary for the previous film. "For a Few Dollars More" has everything in it about western genre. It is action packed, highly enjoyable and satisfying. Because of the reasons I have counted above, "For a Few Dollars More" is one of the best films of its genre.

wow, wow.. I loved the good, the bad and the ugly until i saw FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE. i definitely choose this as my favorite western movie of all time. I saw the film some years ago but it has influenced me very much and i thaught about it a lot. i like it more than the good, bad and the ugly because of: 1. the story is more serious than the good, bad and the ugly 2. the friendship between Manco and Colonel 3. starrings of major characters 4. the timing is in balance and not too long like the third part of dollars trilogy and many other reasons..

Second time out, Leone scores top marks. The build up to gunfights are more drawn out and stylized, the cackling has been amped up a notch, the ridiculously accurate marksmanship reaches surreal levels, and Leone isn't in a hurry to do anything, marrying silence or Morricone's soundtrack with scenes where people just stare at each other, smoke, or lead horses through sudden rainburst. This is third in the top twenty films on the Spaghetti Western database, only beaten by the next two films Leone directed! Van Cleef plays Col. Mortimer, a bounty hunter with an arsenal of weapons used for taking out the bad guys. He gets particularly riled when he spots a wanted poster for Indio (Volonte), a dope smoking bank robber who has just been busted out of jail. Mortimer's going to find out that he's not the only hunter on Indio's tail, as the Man With No Name (called Manko here) is also out to get that bounty.It takes about an hour for the above paragraph to happen, but you won't care. In that time we find that Indio is holding a dark secret he keeps at bay with drugs, and has something to do with that pocket watch he carries. We also get to see that the Bounty Hunters are just as deadly as the bad guys too, and there's a kind of battle of the wills going on between Eastwood and Van Cleef.This film is exactly what you want from a Spaghetti Western. Reality goes out of the window and instead you get a film where men can stop and start spurs spinning by shooting them, or continually shoot a hat up into the air, or light a match off of Klaus Kinski's hump. It's all look amazing too, thanks to Massimo Dallamano's cinematography, which looks like an oil painting (he does the same in his own Western, Bandidos).Luigi Pistilli stands out in this one too, as one of the smarter members of Indio's gang, which is maybe why he's got a bigger role in The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. Of course Klaus Kinski appears in more Spaghetti Westerns than anyone else, including The Fighting Fists Of Shanghai Joe, His Name Is King, And God Said To Cain, (continues listing films)

For A Few Dollars More (1965)Plot In A Paragraph: Two bounty hunters Monco (Clint Eastwood) and Colonel Douglas Mortimer (Lee Van Cleef) join forces to track the outlaw El Indio who has just broke out of prison.With triple the budget of A Fistful Of Dollars, Leone delivers a movie that is longer, funnier and bloodier than its predecessor. Even the gun play is more outlandish (seeing the end of Clints cigar get shot off amused my son no end) as is the actions set pieces!! Once again Ennino Morricone's score is superb. Lee Gan Cleef is simply as cool as a cucumber, Gina Maria Volonte (Ramon Rojo in A Fist Full Of Dollars) returns and is as reliable as he was first time around and he isn't the only one returning, Benito Stefanelli and Aldo Sambrell return too. As for Clint, he was heading in to the 8th and final season of Rawhide, and he dusts off the very same poncho he wore in the first movie and stakes his claim as a bona fide movie star As much as I love the first one, this one is even better!! And as a side note, the musical theme the watch played, was the first ringtone I ever downloaded!! Grossing $15 million A Few Dollars More was the 12th highest grossing movie and 1965. A fantastic success given its $600,000 budget.