For a Few Dollars More (1965)***

With a weaker storyline that its predecessor, A Fist Full of Dollars and the capstone of the trilogy, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, A Few Dollars More is a mildly entertaining shoot-em-up western (many people get shot in this film, including a crazy-eyed hunchback named Wild). Eastwood is as cool as ever but A Few Dollars More doesn’t have the psychological complexity of these other films. The cinematography is good though and if you have seen any of Sergio Leone films, you’ll know that the musical score is an interesting one. The composer, Ennio Morricone, won a lifetime achievement award from the Academy, but that doesn’t seem to make his scores any less strange. I would like to see the films re-released with a score from the White Stripes. Now that would be awesome.