For A Few Dollars More (1965) *****

Sergio Leone's sequel to A Fistful of Dollars remains faithful to the Leone style, but in a broader spectrum than the previous film. Clint Eastwood returns as the Man with No Name (named Manko) and Gian Maria Volonte rises from the dead and plays a villain that is even more psychotic than his portrayal of Ramon in Fistful. The welcome addition to the cast is Lee Van Cleef as Col. Mortimer, a man who appears to be a competitor with Eastwood in the bounty hunter business, but has a more personal vendetta in hunting down Volonte. The supporting cast is also great including a short appearance by the devilish Klaus Kinski as the hunchback that Mortimer torments in the middle of the picture.
For A Few Dollars More was the next step in Leone's odyssey to create and operatic western epic (which would be Once Upon A Time In The West). The vastness has grown and the characters have grown from Leone's first film in the Dollars trilogy. It's the classic story of the elder taking the youth under his wing but with the Italian twist. Another classic from Sergio Leone.