A Fistful of Dynamite

A Fistful of Dynamite is a 1971 Zapata Western film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Rod Steiger and James Coburn. Coburn is one of my favorites. Ennio Morricone did the music. Looking for something fun to do? This is it!

from Wikipedia:

Set during the Mexican Revolution of the 1910s, the film tells the story of Juan Miranda, an amoral Mexican outlaw, and John Mallory, an ex-Irish Republican Army revolutionary.

The Arts Desk calls it a "glorious Mexican revolution epic". Pop Matters says it is "Now recognised as an idiosyncratic masterpiece".

Senses of Cinema says, "If I were forced to choose one Leone film from his oeuvre to take with me to a desert island, A Fistful of Dynamite would usurp the magnificent Once Upon a Time in the West" and

for me it is Leone’s portrayal of the growing friendship between Sean (James Coburn) and Juan (Rod Steiger) that makes this film such a treasure. Its deep exploration of character “for character’s sake” as opposed to pure narrative exposition is unprecedented in Leone’s work up until this point – a genuinely loving, intriguing tale of male friendship that generates its power and pathos more from gestures, silences and exchanged looks than “action”. It is a remarkable recipe

Spaghetti-Western.net gives it a rating of 9 out of 10 and says, "In all, Leone has captured another classical film. It's different to the others, and more political. But it surely does have the Leone spirit." Rotten Tomatoes has a critics consensus score of 91%.