Advantages: Great film
Disadvantages: bad dubbing

...I think this has got to be the best Western film ever made. Why do I think this? Well, it has all the neccessary components of a classic Spagetti Western. If has plenty of action..... It has loads of bad Dubbing..... It has a nasty Villain..... It has Lee Van Cleef and Clint Eastwood in it..... The story revolves around the Gangster Indio who a rather large price on his head. Only problem is, no one is man enough to take him on. That is until Lee Van Cleef and Clint Eastwood come to town. Eastwood arrives first, paying a small boy to warn him of any other strangers in town. When in the guethouse, the ugly land lady takes a shine to him. Poor man. When Van Cleef arrives, a very funny scene happens outside the guesthouse with a Chinaman taking the bags in. One man orders the little man in and one orders him out. He gets so... Read review

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Advantages: Everything
Disadvantages: None

...In this one (the second dollar movie) Eastwood once again plays the man with no name. Only now he’s become a bounty hunter. After claiming rewards on a few relative nobodies he goes after the big one, a man called Indio, (Gian Maria Volonte) and his ruthless gang who go around terrorising the citizens of the Wild West. Enter Colonel Douglas Mortimer (Lee Van Cleef) he is also going after Indio, but for his own very different reasons. At first Eastwood and Van Cleef are at loggerheads, (two men going after the same prey can cause problems.) But after a while they come to a compromise and team up, and together they go after the outlaws, plenty of cool action follows, but can the two men get through it without killing each other? Again directed by Leone this movie really hits the spot. Eastwood as usual is at his silent best... Read review

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Advantages: Good story; Great Music;
Disadvantages: Can be addictive

...Director: Serge Leone Musical Score: Ennio Morricone Starring: Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef and Eli Wallach Eastwood plays Blondie 'the man with no name' who is The Good. Van Cleef plays Angel Eyes, who is The Bad and Wallach plays Tuco who is The Ugly. The film begins with Blondie turning in Tuco, a bandit, for the reward and riding away. It turns out to be a scam they run, with Blondie using his rifle to shoot through the rope when Tuco is getting hung. This opening part of the film is about ten minutes long and has no dialogue. The rest of the story is played out during the American Civil War and involves each of the main characters learning something which will help locate a lost army payroll. This film has very funny scenes and also some extremely sad moments, which involve what was a very brutal Civil War. The final face... Read review

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Advantages: Amazing
Disadvantages: None

...This is probably one the finest westerns ever made. From beginning to the end it is simply brilliant. The story of the man with no name continues in the third instalment of Sergio Leone’s spaghetti westerns. Clint Eastwood is at his best Lee Van Cleef is always impressive but Eli Walach’s portrayal of Tuco was the best. What I like most about the film is that it is 2 and half hours long and does not have a single wasted scene. It stays intense throughout the entire film right from the opening scene with to the very last. This is of cause partly to do with Ennio Morrocone’s haunting musical score. Ignore ‘weak’ for special effects, there are not any.... Read review

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Advantages: good film
Disadvantages: it is a cowboy film

...to be the classic western, cowboys and big guns, it was actually base on Akira Kurosawa's samurai epic Yojimbo. This is not that unusual, as the Magnificent Seven is a western remake of the classic Seven Samurai, and it as been claimed that the idea of the Seven Samurai is based on old western movies, thus completing the circle. The films main stars are Clint Eastwood who plays the bounty hunter Mango, otherwise known as the man with no name. Lee Van Cleef who plays Colonel Mortimer, a bounty hunter with a face like a weasel but with the bite of a rattlesnake. Gian Maria Volonte who plays the notorious bandit El Indio, who enjoys killing people to the sound of a pocket watch that plays a simple tune. The basic plot of the film is that Clint Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef track down Gian Maria Volonte, for the reward money. While this is the basic plot... Read review

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Advantages: It's Lee Van Cleef!
Disadvantages: Not the best DVD quality

..."Somebody once wrote that revenge is a dish that has to be eaten cold. Hot as you are, you're liable to end up with indigestion." - Lee Van Cleef ---Synopsis--- Down at the Mesito ranch outlaws go and gun down a family of defenceless people, trouble is they messed up and should have killed one more. Bill Mesito (Law) trains in his gunmanship for one reason - revenge, which is the only reason he lives even a girl who is interested in him and an offer to become deputy sheriff has no appeal. Meanwhile a former member of the same gang, Ryan (Van Cleef) has just been released from prison after 15 years determined to make those who framed him suffer. Trouble is they both keep getting in each others way, with there conflicting ideas of vengeance will Bill the young, angry, hot-headed gunslinger and Ryan the veteran gun-fighter team up... Read review

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Advantages: stylish,exciting,atmospheric "spaghetti "western
Disadvantages: none

...in europe led to A few dollars more. The sequel picks up with Eastwood again venturing into town and joining forces with a fellow gunslinger Colonel Mortimer played with great style by Lee van Cleef.There aim is to join the a vicious group of bandits led by the ruthless drugged out Indio[Gian maria Volonte]and then bring him and his men down and collect the hefty bounty on there heads.Eastwood is unaware that Colonel mortimer has a more personal score to settle with Indio,because he was the one who had brutally murdered his sister.A exciting slow burn of a cat and mouse chase occurs when indio starts to suspect the man with no name and Mortimer.Wisecracks,blistering gunfights and doublecrosses occur leading to a fantastic finale of a climatic shootout between the three main characters.Also at the end the mystery of the gold pocket watch... Read review

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Advantages: Great Film, Good Story, Excellent Music, Excellent Directory,
Disadvantages: NONE - Maybe for some too long

...Technical Details Actors: Clint Eastwood ; Lee Van Cleef ; Eli Wallach ; Mario Brega ; Aldo Guiffre Director: Sergio Leone Certificate: 18 years and over Year: 1966 Duration: 2 hours and 41 minutes (approx) About the Film The Good, the Bad and The Ugly, written by Age-Scarpelli, Luciano Vincenzoni and Sergio Leone is the third and last western in Clint Eastwood's spaghetti trilogy. Director Sergio Leone substitutes for the upright puritan Protestant Ethos, so familiar in Hollywood westerns, with a seedy cynical standpoint towards death and morality, as a team of brutal bandits battle to unearth a fortune buried beneath an unmarked grave. Clint Eastwood plays "The Good" and is joined by the Ugly "Eli Wallach" and the Bad "Lee Van Cleef". This film is a complex plot of bloodshed and betrayel as it winds its way through... Read review

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Advantages: Very Good movie
Disadvantages: can only really be appriciated when viewed with the other film surrounding it

...Western do not get much better than this. Directed by Sergio Leone it is nothing short of a masterpiece. It has everything a western should have; confrontations, shoots outs and super cool cowboys. That is Clint Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef. The film is part of a trilogy of westerns by Sergio Leone and all starring Clint Eastwood. The first film is ‘Fist full of Dollars’ which is a remake of ‘Yojimbo’ by Akira Kurosawa, and then ‘Few Dollars More’ being a remake (in a way) of ‘Fist full of Dollars’. The last film in the series is ‘The Good the Bad and the Ugly’. In all honesty you probably should not watch this movie until you have seen both its predecessors and then you should most definitely see ‘The Good the Bad and the Ugly’ for the final chapter in the spaghetti western series. PS i have put 'weak' for special effects, but thats... Read review

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Advantages: Brilliant acion packed war western
Disadvantages: None!

...Introduction Sergio Leone was already 2/3 way through the dollars trilogy. With ' Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il ' completing it. Since it was released in 1966 it has shocked, inspired and entertained the public, film critics and movie makers alike. Sergio Leone captured the fantastic elements he used in the other two dollars films ( Per un pugno di dollari - A Fistful Of Dollars, Per un pugno di dollari - For A Few Dollars More) and organized a perfect story that is superbly acted. This movie in turn made Clint Eastwood a star, and set Lee Van Cleef and Eli Wallach in stone as being icons to the genre, mainly in the case of Van Cleef. The Characters We open with an introduction of all 3 main characters. The first 'The Ugly - Tuco' played magnificently by Eli Wallach. For a lot Eli has said to have stolen the show with his brute... Read review

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