They Call Me Trinity / Trinity Is Still My Name (DVD)

They Call Me Trinity and Trinity is Still My Name, are two amazing Western movies that had me hooked from the first moment I watched them. From the first scene where Trinity (played by Terence Hill) is dragged by the horse on the travois, which is usually used for oading heavy items, is still a wonder to watch today. Bud Spence plays his brother, Bambino, who is less than happy to see his brother. But the two form a partnership to face the bad guy of the piece (even though both of them are criminals themselves) and make an unlikely alliance of anti heroes. This is also one of the few films where I will admit that the sequel is as much fun to watch as the original, ...

If the 50’s were the golden age of the American western then by the early 60’s the genre was definitely in the doldrums. However in the mid to late sixties the western received a massive boost from an unusual quarter, Italy. Sergio Leone made a series of films known as the Dollar trilogy that became known as Spaghetti westerns and as these became hugely successful around the world a new western genre was born. The early spaghetti western were characterised by their gritty realism (the people looked dirty and sweaty rather then clean-cut as in the earlier US westerns, the towns were dusty and run down) as well as graphic violence. By the early 70’s there were many ...