A post Clint Eastwood trilogy from director Sergio Leone 'gone bad'

Rating: 3/10 (22 August 2014)

Sometimes a film is made with the best intentions and with a very poor outcome. This is one of those films. It has a dreadful music score that is so irritating and goes like this "sha shong...sha shong...sha shong...sha shong..." and it continues throughout the film. I just loved directors' Sergio Leone's earlier trilogy that starred Clint Eastwood and I believe Mr. Leone felt that if he used a catchy music score the same results would occur. Such was not the case.
I also have great respect for Rod Steiger and James Coburn. But gentlemen please, why get involved with such dribble if not for a big pay cheque and a false belief that a Sergio Leone film has to be a five star film? The film is way too long with far too many scenes drawn out with close ups and that terrible, terrible, oh so terrible music score "sha shong...sha shong...sha shong...sha shong".
I love a good western and I can even tolerate a slow western but this piece of Mr. Leone's body of work needed at least a 30-40 percent cut left on the editing floor. I give it a 3 out of 10, no less, no more "sha shong...sha shong...sha shong...sha shong...sha shong...sha shong...ugh!"