This is only my second viewing of a Terrence Hill/Bud Spencer collaboration, the other being 1972's "La Collina Degli Stivali" or "Boot Hill", the title I saw it under. I've yet to see a Trinity film, so maybe my opinion will change, but I don't see a whole lot to be enthused about regarding their output. "God Forgives... I Don't!" was better than "Boot Hill", an almost unintelligible affair made more complicated by a dark and muddy appearance that contributed to it's being hard to follow. This one for the most part took place during the light of day, and even though the story had a decent continuity, I didn't find it all that special or intriguing. What's more, I don't recall either Hill or Spencer mentioned by their credited characters' names, that of Cat Stevens and Hutch Bessey. Maybe they were, but the story didn't make it clear enough for me, and mentally I had to keep referencing them as Pretty Face and the 'fat guy'. On the other hand, outlaw Bill San Antonio (Frank Wolff) stood out nicely villainous in contrast. He might be the best reason for tuning in.
The other troubling issue with the film version I saw today on the Encore Western Channel had to do with some clumsy editing. The best example I can think of was right at the finale when San Antonio was about to face a showdown with Pretty Face and Bessey. Somehow Bill took down the fat man (?), whereupon the Face caps him in the knees forcing him to a crawl. With time running out, Bill attempts to disarm the explosive with his teeth, there's a clumsy cutaway and then all of a sudden an explosion and it's all over. Not too suspenseful and definitely not too satisfying.
I don't know, maybe back in the heyday of spaghetti Westerns, this might have been something new and different, but there are still enough better ones around, particularly Eastwood's trilogy. In fact, now that I think about it, that's kind of how Terence Hill's character strikes me, sort of a poor man's Clint Eastwood, who's own take as the Stranger leaves just a little something to be desired.
The other troubling issue with the film version I saw today on the Encore Western Channel had to do with some clumsy editing. The best example I can think of was right at the finale when San Antonio was about to face a showdown with Pretty Face and Bessey. Somehow Bill took down the fat man (?), whereupon the Face caps him in the knees forcing him to a crawl. With time running out, Bill attempts to disarm the explosive with his teeth, there's a clumsy cutaway and then all of a sudden an explosion and it's all over. Not too suspenseful and definitely not too satisfying.
I don't know, maybe back in the heyday of spaghetti Westerns, this might have been something new and different, but there are still enough better ones around, particularly Eastwood's trilogy. In fact, now that I think about it, that's kind of how Terence Hill's character strikes me, sort of a poor man's Clint Eastwood, who's own take as the Stranger leaves just a little something to be desired.