For a Few Dollars More (4KUHD)

Rewatching the second film from the “Man With No Name Trilogy” after many years, I found this restored version an absolute pleasure to watch and a superb story. For those unfamiliar with the trilogy each movie can be watched independently, as the stories are not linked bar the man character played by Clint Eastwood. With its excellent storytelling, stunning colour and visuals, and outstanding performances, it delivers on every level. Highly recommend.

Clint at his best

This is the second western in the Dollars Trilogy and it unites Clint Eastwood and Gian Marie Volonte who both featured in the first instalment 'A Fistful of Dollars'. Joining them on the ride is new face Lee Van Cleef. (Klaus Kinski also stars.) As in all three films it is money that drives the story and its characters to extreme acts of violence. The Volonte character is a particularly nasty piece of work and makes a powerful counterpoint to the two good guys, Eastwood and Van Cleef. Director Sergio Leone employs his usual stylish filmmaking techniques and once again conscripts the services of his musical collaborator, Ennio Morricone, who does a wonderful job in creating a score that is both operatic and mournful. The music associated with the Lee Van Cleef character, Colonel Douglas Mortimer, is especially sad, blending the chimes of a pocket watch with violins and a full orchestra. Morricone said that "the music that the watch makes transfers your thoughts to a different place." It certainly does and its haunting melody is something that will stay with you far beyond the rolling of the final credits.

Everything was great 👍

normallly, this western on DVD would receive a 5 star rating from me. However,like many other films on DVD this has been spoilt by slicing out scenes to make the film shorter.originally released on film adout two and a half hours long, it found it's way onto VHS reduced to two hours and eight minutes. this one on DVD Which is being called a SPECIAL EDITION,has been reduced to two hours and six minutes, missing out a scene towards the end which once again destroys yet another of Sergio Leone's masterpieces. Manco and Colonel Mortimer are climbing back through the roof of the grain store, where Indio has hidden the money from the bank robbery at El Paso,they are caught by Indio's gang and are being beaten up by all the gang members. The scene is shot in the outside yard, then is suddenly cut and they are inside with Indio saying "What is the sheriff doing now", which makes no sense at all! The correct scene which has been sliced out and thus ruining the film even further, shows the gang members laughing and then Indio realising he needs them alive for a little plan of his own, ordering them to stop it, to which Groggi replies "Why let them live?" then Indio says, "All things at the right time"! Then comes "What is the sheriff doing now"? The film in it's entirity is arguably the best western ever made, and during the 60's and 70's was the most popular western worldwide. Special Edition my arse! Sergio must be turning in his grave at what's been done to all his magnificent spaghetti westerns!

Great spaghetti Western

A worthy upgrade from the ordinary blu-ray version. Great picture and lots of extras.

Ordered for our film library

Compré esta peli hace algunos meses pero no la vi hasta ayer. Al principio pensaba que tendría una calidad pésima al ver los comentarios escritos por algunas personas pero cual fué mi sorpresa cuando vi que nada más lejos de la realidad. La calidad de imagen de la película es muy buena para ser de la época que es y el sonido no esta nada mal, hay momentos que los sonidos de las balas suenan de maravilla. Vale que esta película no cuenta con sonido 5.1 pero el sonido es más que aceptable para una película de esta época y por el precio que tiene. Tiene bastante más calidad que el DVD así que si con el dvd estabas satisfecho con esta edición lo estarás más. Otra cosa es que quieras extras y demás, en este caso olvidate pero si lo que te importa es la película, la recomiendo.

I had watched it a few years back but wanted a copy of my own so decided to give this version a try, and I'm indeed very impressed. The movie feather in Sergio Leone's cap. A delight for Western lovers. My favourite movie out of the Dollars trilogy. The chemistry between Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef is amazing. Gian Maria Volonté shines as the arch villain. An interesting storyline with an outstanding soundtrack and cast. The climax duel is one of the best ever, standing right there with the likes of Once Upon a Time In the West, thanks to the twist and Ennio Morricone's music, which makes it a thing of beauty. The Blu Ray presents awesome video quality with some extra content as well. So grab yours and enjoy the ride through the wild west.

Love this classic spaghetti western of the 60's, 2 thumbs up 👍!

Good

Many consider this to be the best of the three Leone-Eastwood collaborations and that just may be the case. Kino-Lorber did a bang up job (pun intended) with this upgrade that contains shot-by-shot color and picture clarity upgrade. It looks the best I've ever seen it. The sound is quite good as well as you can hear every note of Morricone's magnificent score and every cricket in the night scenes. Tim Lucas does a very knowledgeable job on the commentary track. He doesn't get long winded about behind the scenes wheels and deals that went into making the movie like so many have done on other commentary tracks. He does talk about the movies plot and his scene descriptions are spot on. I especially enjoyed his take on the street scene where Lee Van Cleef and Clint Eastwoods characters first meet and their subsequent shooting contest. Mr. Lucas' commentary helped to clarify the story and some of the plot lines that I never really noticed before. I have to agree with Mr. Lucas that the movie really belongs to Lee Van Cleef. In the first movie of the trilogy Clint Eastwood was the main anti-type hero. Then in the second it was shared by Lee Van Cleef and in the third there was three main characters which probably had a good deal in influencing Clint Eastwood in not making any more movies with Sergio Leone. I also purchased A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS to complete my collection of all three movies on 4k. I must say and agree with other reviews that FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE received the best upgrade. A FISTFULL OF DOLLARS was a big disappointment in that respect. It was as if Kino-Lorber wasn't even trying with that one. If you already have it on blu-ray then don't bother buying the 4k. THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY 4k upgrade does look pretty good. The epic Civil War battle scenes really looked good in this upgrade again with shot-by-shot color and clarity making it look better than ever I would recommend this purchase as well. This movie and its sequel really gave a jump start to Clint Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef's careers as these films shot to (pun intended) international fame almost overnight much to their surprise. The high definition resolution is very good in the final two but as I said earlier don't bother with the first unless you just don't own a copy.