Apr 19, 2009

A Fistful of $29.99

This is the first movie in the Clint Eastwood / Sergio Leone "Dollars" trilogy - three movies originally made in Italy and then re-dubbed in English (only Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Eli Wallach and a fistful of others were actually talking in English) and released for the US market during the 1960s.

Synopsis
I fell asleep at least three times during this movie, but from what I gather, it was something about two Hispanic gangs going at each other, and Clint playing the role of the guy who'd do spying jobs for both gangs and earn a lil $$$ on the side.

Well, it so happens that things get ugly when Clint pushes one of these gangs too far by letting his emotions get in the way. As a result, this gang now gets angry and wants to nail him. He gets beat to a bloody pulp, but manages to escape and is now on the run.

Long story cut short: the angry gang totally destroys their opponent gang, and Clint comes back from the shadows for retribution / revenge / to open a can of whoop ass.

Best parts
- Close-ups of Clint's beady lil eyes. Gives him an intense X-TREME COWBOY look.
- The awesome 6 on 1 shoot-out. This is where Marty McFly (Back to the Future 3) gives an excellent tribute to Clint Eastwood.
- Clint is a quick-drawing SOB. Bang bang bang! Nothing will ever be cooler than that.
- I was pretty glad this movie finally got over because it was pretty boring.

Score and Recommendation
5/10 - Don't bother watching it unless you're a Clint Eastwood fanboy like me.

Well, you can always search YouTube for the scene where he wants the bad guys to say sorry to his mule. That was the best scene in the entire movie and a classic.

1 comment:

Tokaro said...

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly is better but Fistful is a solid Leone Spaghetti Western. Also Charles Bronson is God Tier.