Clint Eastwood returns as The Man with No Name, but is now referred to as "Manco" (One Armed) due to his habit of doing everything with his left hand to leave his right hand free for shooting. However, the real hero of this story is rival bounty hunter Colonel Douglas Mortimer, played by Lee Van Cleef. The two hunters end up pooling their resources to go after the notorious bandit El Indio, played by Gian Maria Volonte.
While Clint Eastwood is still great, it's Lee Van Cleef and Volonte who steal the show. Colonel Mortimer is a great contrast to Manco, a smartly-dressed sharpshooter instead of a rugged quickshooter. Meanwhile, Volonte once again plays a ruthless villain, but one more ruthless than the last one. El Indio is a psychopathic, cannabis-smoking killer, but he is also a cunning manipulator who seeks to pull off a seemingly impossible heist at the Bank of El Paso. He also likes to toy with his enemies using a musical pocket-watch. He's not someone you'd want to meet on a dark night.
For a Few Dollars More is probably my favourite film in the series. All three leads are fantastic, the shootouts are tense, and the Morricone score ties everything together really well.
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