For a Few Dollars More (1965)

Manco (Man with no name) and Colonel Douglas Mortimer are two bounty killers who are constantly after the big prize - the 10000$ that is on offer for El Indio, a notorious thug. He has his gang of fellow thugs and they eye a bank in El Paso for a robbery worth almost a million dollars.

The Colonel has a personal score to settle with Indio and makes a partnership deal with Manco in such a way that he would get the reward on Indio's head while Manco can take the reward for the rest of the gang.

Whether the Colonel gets his revenge, what happens to all the reward money and the money stolen from the bank and what is the fate of Indio and his gang? Watch this flick to find out.

The film has a masterful soundtrack by the great Ennio Morricone. The chimes from the musical pocket watch are really haunting and recurring all through the movie. There are other grand BGM bits which lift the entire movie watching experience. The typical cowboy whistles and other unique instruments like morsing are also used.

The movie is a typical cowboy flick and is a part of the Dollars trilogy. Clint Eastwood's killer screen presence and style are eye catching. The man looks insanely stylish and manly. The way he smokes is legendary. Lee Van Cleef as the Colonel has a solid role as well while Gian Maria is venomous as the villain, particularly his wicked laughs.

The locations are typical of a western with gun shots and horses being an inseparable part of the narrative. The movie is gripping and moves at a really fast clip. Never a dull moment and 132 minutes just fly away.

There are lots of scenes where the drama and tension is built up slowly and beautifully. The climax is one such sequence which oozes style and has oodles of heroism and feel-good quotient.

FINAL WORD: Another grand spaghetti western from Sergio Leone and co.