A violent, moving story. The best western of all time.

Rating: 10/10 (28 July 1999)

Whenever I'm talking about Westerns, I'll always say, "Fistful of Dynamite" is the best western of all time.
This movie continues Sergio Leone's tradition of making all other Spaghetti Westerns look like Disney films. It's tough, violent and doesn't stall from start to finish.
It follows an Irish explosives expert, and a Mexican bandit. The friendship is driven on the Mexican's belief that the Irishman will help him rob the Mexican National Bank. But the bandit inadvertently becomes a hero in the Mexican revolution.
It's not quite as cold hearted as the likes of Fistful of Dollars, or The Good The Bad and The Ugly. But this is what makes it so much better, as you will care about the characters. Even the bandit is open about how he loves and lives for his children, where usually they would not even blink an eye at killing their own brother.
The film also makes use of flashbacks portraying the Irishmans past as a terrorist. As it seems strange having an Irish terrorist in a western the flashbacks give some idea why.
This is a magnificent film, but unfortunately is not very well known as it is shown very rarely on TV. Watch it if you get the chance!