Clint's towering achievement, it is the truly great modern-day western. The film is a classic tale of the nature of evil and the nature of man.

The grim, dark and strangely beautiful story revolves around former gunslinger William Munny (pronounced Money, perhaps in an attempt to suggest how mercenary he is), who comes out of retirement for one last job. The gripping film oscillates between high drama and subtle emotional texture, and ends in a glorious guns-blazing climax which has to be among the best in western history.

Clint quote of the film: 'I ain't like that no more. I ain't the same, Ned. Claudia, she straightened me up, cleared me of drinkin' whiskey and all. Just 'cause we're goin' on this killing, that don't mean I'm gonna go back to bein' the way I was. I just need the money, get a new start for them youngsters. Ned, you remember that drover I shot through the mouth and his teeth came out the back of his head? I think about him now and again. He didn't do anything to deserve to get shot, at least nothin' I could remember when I sobered up.'