Information for Parents
Common Sense Media says OK for kids 12+
More violence and Clint-itude in Italian Western.
What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that this is more violent than the previous A Fistful of Dollars. Killings include a wife and a baby, something quite shocking for the era (though they are shot to death out of camera range). The two "hero" characters are tough, ruthless gunslingers themselves, who in one not-to-be-imitated-at-home scene prove their targeting skills by shooting at each other's hats.
- Families can talk about the differences between the Man With No Name and Col. Mortimer, and their different values. In A Fistful of Dollars the Clint Eastwood character showed some concern for innocent victims. Does he do the same here? Does he appear to learn anything from his dealings with Mortimer, or vice versa?
The good stuff
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Positive messages: The Man With No Name and Col. Mortimer are both the "good" guys, but their motivations are profit and revenge, respectively. One villain is a "hunchback," reinforcing old horror-movie stereotypes.
What to watch for
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Violence: Lots and lots and lots of shooting, with six guns and rifles. A stabbing. A man's wife and baby are shot to death (off-screen). With one exception, there's no blood visible, just plenty of bodies.
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Sex: Sounds of a saloon girl and an outlaw having sex behind a door. She's glimpsed close to topless in the tub. Another quick-edit shot of a woman in bed getting her nightgown ripped off her.
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Language: Not an issue
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Consumerism: Not an issue
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Drinking, drugs and smoking: Saloon drinking, and Eastwood and others have cigarettes clenched in their teeth a lot of the time.