Trinity Twin Pack Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		3.5
Video		3.5
Audio		3.5
Extras		1.0
Overall		3.5

Trinity Twin Pack Blu-ray Movie Review

Reviewed by Jeffrey Kauffman January 5, 2018

According to the frequently questionable Wikipedia, over six hundred so-called “European westerns” were made between 1960 and 1978, though in typical Wikipedia fashion it’s left unclear as to how many of these were so-called “Spaghetti westerns”, i.e., Italian made efforts that became legendary with the now iconic collaborations between Sergio Leone, Clint Eastwood and Ennio Morricone (A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly). Fans of this kind of odd subgenre will probably know that many Spaghetti westerns are not exactly masterpieces, and in fact quite a few of them seem to have been made simply to cash in on the box office phenomenon created (or at least encouraged) by Leone and Eastwood’s contributions. Two of the more successful films in this particular niche, though, both in terms of audience approval and just overall sensibility, are They Call Me Trinity from 1970 and its follow up, Trinity is Still My Name from 1971. This appealing duo is considerably lighter in tone than most of Leone’s oeuvre, offering Terence Hill as Trinity, a man with a name (so to speak), but a gunslinger who has a kind of amiably goofy personality, one which tends to make both Trinity films play a good deal more comically than The Man with No Name Trilogy. The films have had a somewhat spotty history in terms of home video releases, due perhaps in part to the fact that at least They Call Me Trinity reportedly lapsed into public domain status. Hen’s Tooth Video has now released both Trinity on films on Blu-ray for domestic consumption (there are evidently some previous global releases, none of which have received very good marks from videophiles), allowing longtime fans and new “initiates” to discover a somewhat different “take” on Spaghetti western tropes.

For reviews of the two films in this set, please click on the following links:

They Call Me Trinity Blu-ray review

Trinity Is Still My Name! Blu-ray review

Trinity Twin Pack Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

Video quality of each release is assessed in the above linked reviews.

Trinity Twin Pack Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

Audio quality of each release is assessed in the above linked reviews.

Trinity Twin Pack Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

Supplementary material included on each release is detailed in the above linked reviews.

Trinity Twin Pack Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

The two Trinity films, the first one in particular, are enjoyable send ups of the whole "Spaghetti Western" subgenre, and they're graced by the great partnership of Terence Hill and Bud Spencer. Both of these transfers have occasional technical limitations, so fans should parse the screenshots accompanying the reviews to decide whether they want to make these films part of their collections.