The difference between this and all those “Dollars” pictures is that Clint has gone and refined the art of steel-eyed enigma. Eastwood directed this one himself and, like his earlier Play Misty for Me, it shows he has some savvy behind the camera.

| Jun 14, 2022

Eastwood holds fast to the rebel spirit of the spaghetti Westerns and revisionist "New Hollywood" Westerns of the previous decade, but packages it in a film that's slicker and more mainstream-friendly.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 28, 2013

As a director, Eastwood is not as good as he seems to think he is. As an actor, he is probably better than he allows himself to be.

| Oct 26, 2008

Eastwood's second directorial effort is mechanically stylish.

| May 21, 2008

This was supposed to be Eastwood's fond adieu to the worlds of Sergio Leone and Don Siegel; and indeed he cuts the operatic excess of the former with the punchy economy of the latter.

| Feb 9, 2006

Part ghost story, part revenge Western, more than a little silly, and often quite entertaining in a way that may make you wonder if you have lost your good sense.

| May 10, 2005

A funny, brutal, scary movie, daringly surreal in its mix of Western and horror themes.

| Jan 1, 2000