For a Few Dollars More (NR)
More violence and Clint-itude in Italian Western.
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Movie details
- Studio: MGM Home Entertainment
- Directed By: Sergio Leone
- Cast: Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Mara Krupp
- Running Time: 130 minutes
- Release Date: 12/16/1965
- Video/DVD Release Date: 07/28/1998
- Genre: Action/adventure
- MPAA Rating: NR
Parents need to know
Parents need to know that this is more violent than the previous A Fistful of Dollars. Killings include a wife and a baby, something quite shocking for the era (though they are shot to death out of camera range). The two "hero" characters are tough, ruthless gunslingers themselves, who in one not-to-be-imitated-at-home scene prove their targeting skills by shooting at each other's hats.
Families can talk about the differences between the Man With No Name and Col. Mortimer, and their different values. In A Fistful of Dollars the Clint Eastwood character showed some concern for innocent victims. Does he do the same here? Does he appear to learn anything from his dealings with Mortimer, or vice versa?
Families can talk about the differences between the Man With No Name and Col. Mortimer, and their different values. In A Fistful of Dollars the Clint Eastwood character showed some concern for innocent victims. Does he do the same here? Does he appear to learn anything from his dealings with Mortimer, or vice versa?
Message
Social Behavior:
The Man With No Name and Col. Mortimer are both the "good" guys, but their motivations are profit and revenge, respectively. One villain is a "hunchback," reinforcing old horror-movie stereotypes.
Consumerism:
Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco:
Saloon drinking, and Eastwood and others have cigarettes clenched in their teeth a lot of the time.
Violence
Lots and lots and lots of shooting, with six guns and rifles. A stabbing. A man's wife and baby are shot to death (off-screen). With one exception, there's no blood visible, just plenty of bodies.
Sex
Sounds of a saloon girl and an outlaw having sex behind a door. She's glimpsed close to topless in the tub. Another quick-edit shot of a woman in bed getting her nightgown ripped off her.
Language
Common Sense says
What's the story?
Reviewed by Charles Cassady, Jr.
The follow-up to the landmark Italian Western A Fistful of Dollars, FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE continues the story of the enigmatic, edgy good guy, the "Man with No Name" Clint Eastwood. Around the time of the Civil War, No Name (whose name is finally revealed to be Manko) is a cruel-eyed bounty hunter who brings in outlaws for money, dead or alive. But there's another bounty hunter in the El Paso region, Colonel Mortimer (Lee Van Cleef), who’s a top marksman. Both he and Manko are going after the same outlaw gang, a crew of bank robbers run by the dastardly Indio (Gian Maria Volonte). After the two bounty hunters size each other up as rivals, they decide to partner up and divide the profits in busting the desperados.
Is it any good?
Judged by some fans as better than the original, this sequel feels like a longer ride in the saddle with a tangled and flashback-confused plotline. Somewhat tedious and lengthy complications ensue as Eastwood's character infiltrates the gang. Plus, fragments of Indio's back story try to fill in why the vengeful Mortimer wants to get him most of all. It helps to know that a music box-like tune heard throughout the picture isn't simply part of the background soundtrack, but a musical watch (that can be heard clear across the desert) and a major clue.
As in A Fistful of Dollars, the movie plays a numbers game, only it's not Eastwood manipulating the outlaws into killing one another so he can handle the dwindled survivors. Instead, Indio tries to arrange for the bounty hunters to kill as many of his own posse as possible, so there are fewer bandits to share the stolen bank loot ... a scheme that might leave Indio at a certain disadvantage in the long run.
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