Ein Hosianna für zwei Halunken

This film begins with a man by the name of "Trinity" (Harry Baird) being released from a small-town jail for being wrongly accused of horse theft. As it turns out, the man who stole the horses was a white man with blonde hair and Trinity definitely doesn't fit that description. Not long after he is released, he subsequently meets up with a man named "Sartana" (Robert Widmark) who just happens to be the same person who stole the horses. Together they ride out to their next destination to rob a bank that just received a cashbox full of money. What they don't know is that a wealthy member of this town by the name of "Mr. Burton" (Stelio Candelli) has already devised a plan to steal this shipment and doesn't like it when these two men acquire the money first. So, to prevent a future theft from going awry, he hires the services of a gang of Mexican bandits led by "El Tigre" (Ezio Marano) to help him out. But as notorious as El Tigre might be, he has no idea of the abilities the two men he will have to face. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will just say that this was a rather haphazard Spaghetti Western which relied upon humor as a key element. Unfortunately, it doesn't quite work very well as the comedy wasn't very sharp at all. As a matter of fact, if not for the presence of two beautiful actresses like Beatrice Pellegrino (as Burton's wife "Maribel") and Daniela Giordano ("Martha") I would have rated this film even lower as they were the only bright spots to be found.

I watched this on an almost impossibly cropped version (starring 'ry Baird' and 'Rob Wid') with a metallic echo on the soundtrack for the entire running time, and I still kind of liked it. Trinity and his buddy Sartana (I think it's hinted that the real Sartana was his dad) set off to rob folks, have a punch, do some fancy shooting, and indulge in some banter. If your tolerance for Italian comedies is high, you'll get a kick out of this one. However, if you can't stand slapstick, I'd steer clear of this, because the film is full of it. There's even a Benny Hill, speeded up sequence, fake black eyes, and some hearty racist dialogue aimed at Trinity (who then kicks their heads in).

There's not much of a plot, just some crooks trying to get gold that our boys are after too. It's fairly fast paced and I didn't get bored once. It's also as daft as hell though, so be warned - this ain't no grim Western.

I wonder just how many people over the years, from its European theatrical release to its present place on public domain video, have found themselves swindled by this movie. Though the two main characters of this movie have the names "Trinity" and "Sartana", this movie has absolutely no connection to those two famous spaghetti film series. I knew that when I picked up this movie, but I thought I still might get some enjoyment out of it since I love spaghetti westerns.

But despite my love of spaghetti westerns, I found this one very painful to sit through. It's a somewhat comic spaghetti western, but I did not laugh or smile once. The humor is unimaginative and often falls on familiar slapstick. But what's worse is the story - there's no real story, it's mainly a series of vignettes with loose connections to each other. What's even worse about this is as the movie goes on, it makes less and less sense, so at the end I had no idea what the hell was going on.

If you must watch this, seek out a widescreen print. The pan-and-scan version frequently chops off important stuff from the sides of the image so that the movie makes even less sense.

The farcical , absurd misadventures of Trinity (Harry Baird) and Sartana (Alberto Dell'Aqua) a pair of botcher villlains but never get to keep the loot for themselves . Along the way the two con artists wind up helping the members of a wagon train from losing their money to a gang of crooks , while Trinidad falls for a beautiful girl (Daniela Giordano) .

Silly slapstick euro-western and low-brow comedy in Terence Hill-Bud Spencer style with two anti-heroes forming a peculiar buddy-movie couple , and following their footloose, embarrassing adventures . Amusingly starred by Robert Widmark and Harry Baird , it is plenty of action , shootouts , tongue-firmly in cheek , fights with lots of punches , kick-ass , bounds , leaps , twists and loads of shots . The movie takes parts from Enzo Barboni movies such as ¨Trinity is my name¨ and ¨Trinity is still my name¨ . The picture is below-average but amusing at times , which doesn't say a lot because it has some cheap and ridiculous moments , too . Although , it packs some entertaining sketches and hilarious incidents , nevertheless , it seems to get worse and worse as it goes on . This is a lousy and irritating Faglioli-Spaghetti Western in Trinity and Bambino style and that's why there is a cult to idiocy surrealism , silliness , dirtiness with an appropriately goofy tone , customary issue in this sub-genre . The violence isn't crude but suits the light-weight fun comedy and silly slapstick, like the Trinity series , as this movie efforts to copy known scenes of other Spaghetti westerns . It certainly has an enthusiastic cast , plenty of familiar secondaries , some very impressive gymnastics , especially in the massive fight sequences , and particularly in Alberto Dell'Aqua acting and his gym skills , in fact he was regular stunt in a number of films , though he also starred a major Spaghetti Western : ¨Adios Texas¨ by Ferdinando Baldi with Franco Nero , and costarred with Lee Van Cleef ¨The Hired killer¨by Mario Siciliano himself and played a Zorro in ¨The Son o of Zorro¨ by Gianfranco Baldanello . The movie is filled with action , twists , fun , brawls , shootouts , surprise-filled entertainment and with a couple of frankly bemusement moments , but being an inferior spoof-Spaghetti . It does eventually outstay its welcome , and there are a surprising amount of fights and laughter . The movie is running out of ideas a lot ; however , being still good enough to be fun . It was followed by another similar sequel in similar style ¨Alleluja & Sartana Are Sons... Sons of God¨ (1972) with Ron Ely and "Robert Widmark", in which they play a horse thief referred to by the translated script as 'Sartana', the other a phony Preacher . Along with the two sympathetic protagonists - Harry Baird , Robert Widmark- appear ordinary secondary actors who are habitual in Italian Western and Peplum genre , such as : Stelio Candelli , Nello Pazzafini , Enzo Andronico ,Romano , Lars Bloch , Pietro Torrisi and the gorgeous Daniela Giordano who was Miss Italy .

This bewildering picture was lousily directed by Mario Siciliano . He was an Italian professional who wrote , produced, directed various films in all kinds of genres . As he directed s the following ones : Wartime (Seven red berets , Overrun) ,Terror (Evil eye) , Adventure (Lions of St Petersburg , Wild geese attack) , Erotic and Western (Alleluja and Sartana strike again ; Trinity and Sartana are coming) . Rating 3.5/10. Inferior Pasta Western and near unwatchable at times.

This is a pretty silly movie. If this was in the Police Academy series of movies, it would be somewhere between Assignment Miami Beach (where they still made an effort to care about the series) and City Under Siege (the official F*** it, let's go make some cash sequel). The jokes are plentiful and plenti-awful, and the romance is super cheese.

This is still definitely a genre movie, however, and all the reasons to enjoy Spaghetti Westerns exist in this world, even if on a watered down level. There is one thing in particular that really makes this movie watching, however, and that is the crazy Parkour moves of the Sartana character! He's all over the place, extremely athletic, and makes the fights/escapes very entertaining.

Rating: 18/40