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For A Few More Dollars is a great sequel to the seminal Fistful Of Dollars.This movie evolves and moves the trilogy from archetypal storytelling to more human drama storytelling through Lee Van Cleef's eyes. This movie is an improvement in every better way when it comes to the pacing, characters, story, usage of technical effects, and having a badass co-lead in Lee Van Cleef.
The innovations in this movie that permeates throughout the Dollars trilogy are the use of the infamous triangle of 3 characters and pitting them against each other with great filmmaking and direction from Leone and great acting by Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, and Gian Maria Vorlonte. Lee Van Cleef steals the show with the icy bounty killer look and a great counteract to Clint Eastwood's Manco. Their relationship is the heart of this movie.
The precision and direction by Sergio Leone are huge and epic in scale while also staying restrained and grounded through the usage of close-up shots and low-angle shots during western duels. The story is well structured and it does not miss a beat. It doesn't feel languid in length unlike The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. The story structure is filled to the brim with uneasy alliances, character building, and a great setup for the final payoff.
The action setpieces are some of the best in spaghetti westerns and cinema history. The final fight between Mortimer and El Indio is dramatic yet emotional but also a great act at tension building which is enhanced through Ennio Morricone's score which is haunting yet powerful albeit a bit more optimistic. The bank robbery scene is creative and filled with tension and shot incredibly and through surgical editing makes it one of the best sequences in modern cinema.
Ennio Morricone's score is powerful and fitting for the western genre and this piece is no exception and it also has an emotional undertone to it. The usage of classic European instruments like brass, Jew's harp, amplified harmonica, cor anglais and mariachi trumpets are used . It is a complex and an elaborate score which makes it appreciative.
Overall For A Few Dollars is a great sequel to the original and it does a great job of enhancing the first one and crowns itself as one of the best westerns of all time.
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