Review Summary and Plot Commentary about A Fistful of Dollars
A stranger rides into a small Mexican town where he and his mule encounter gunplay from employees of one of the town's factions. The stranger, very reasonably, asks the gunmen to apologise to his startled mule and all will be forgiven. His request is laughingly refused, leaving the stranger no option but to respond in kind. Impressed with the stranger's skills a rival faction offers the stranger work. But the stranger decides to play each faction off against the other, since he figures the town would be better off without either of them, save a woman her husband and child, and make a better profit.
--Charles Smyth, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie Actual chase scenes or violence - 20% Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50% Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 19th century
Western
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- killer
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard wavy (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- caring
- aggressive
- irritated
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- muscular (man)
How much in movie?
- 20%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Hispanic/Latinic
Main Adversary
Identity:
- a criminal organization
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Hispanic/Latinoa
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- West
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
- prison
- resort/hotel
- building
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 8 or more
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 ()
Kind of violence:
- hand to hand
- guns
- knives
Unusual forms of death
- crushed
- impaled
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
