Dead for a Dollar's reviews
Media reviews
New York Times
It\'s solidly and proudly a B picture, as the Boetticher dedication makes clear. But in an age of blockbuster bloat and streaming cynicism, a solid B movie ? efficiently shot (by Lloyd Ahern II) and effectively acted (by everyone) is something of a miracle. Hill had a job to do. He did it. That\'s worth something.
Roger Ebert
This story is bound to lead to several showdowns at once, and the action climax is beautifully orchestrated by Hill: it\'s suspenseful, jarring, and never descends to formal cheating of narrative cheapness to give the audience what it wants and deserves.
Indiewire
Despite a hectic list of characters and their grievances, the plot is not tightly constructed and scans, for stretches, like a hang-out movie.
Variety
Hill wants to "do justice" to each of these people, but the result is that Dead for a Dollar doesn\'t have a dramatic core. It has actors we like to watch, doing what they do well (like Waltz playing a civilized badass), but it isn\'t structured so that any of their fates gets a rise out of us.