From the borders of a dark city, a mysterious gunman comes to the city of San Miguel, the most dangerous city in its borders because of the spread of rift, greed, pride and terrorism. The gunman comes across the city's border to face two large gangs of smugglers trying to threaten poor people with weapons and murder in that isolated city, which looks like a good haven for gangs. This man will play on two sides and will face many challenges.
From Clint Eastwood's iconic performance to Ennio Morricone's unforgettable (and much-parodied) musical score, A Fistful of Dollars (****) took the western down trails it had never explored.
Three Movie Buffs
July 12, 2010
What Leone does with this movie is boil the Western down to its very essence, removing all the extraneous parts.
... this was a new kind of western: cynical, violent, stylish, and austere, playing out in a landscape of endless deserts and clapboard towns infested with gunmen.
Though far less operatic and satisfying than Leone's later work, his first spaghetti Western with Eastwood still looks stylish, if a little rough at the edges.
