The Unholy Trinity: reviews

What the critics say average 4.9 from 10 outlets

• 7.0 VarietyJoe Leydon But it’s not just a wallow in nostalgia: It also stands on its own merits as a satisfying entertainment that could easily find a receptive audience among folks who’ve never seen, or even heard of, such golden oldies as “Seven Ways from Sundown” or “Gunfight at Comanche Creek.” Read
• 6.3 Roger EbertGlenn Kenny The movie’s not a barn-burner or future classic, but new Westerns are thin on the ground these days, and this ultimately is a better-than-decent one. Read
• 6.0 The GuardianPhil Hoad If following The Unholy Trinity’s various tracks is sometimes frustrating, it’s still rare enough: a red-blooded and essentially satisfying western. Read
• 5.0 Screen RantNick Bythrow While The Unholy Trinity allows its stars to shine, the cookie-cutter story drags this movie down enough that it's difficult to recommend. Read
• 5.0 The Washington PostTy Burr “The Unholy Trinity” is a reminder that they don’t make ’em like they used to — and maybe that’s a good thing. A pokey, low-budget Western enlivened by a couple of aging stars happily hamming it up, it’s the kind of B movie they used to program before the feature and after the cartoon in the old days. Read
• 5.0 Decine21Pablo de Santiago Perhaps The Unholy Trinity's plot lacks a sense of time passing, as it moves too hastily, but on the whole this is a production that entertains and is positive besides, which is not to be sniffed at these days. Read
• 4.8 The WrapWilliam Bibbiani They’re all trying to make a meal out of starvation rations. The cast’s efforts aren’t in vain, and the film is better for having them, but a thing can get a whole lot of “better” before it gets “good.” Read
• 4.0 The Hollywood ReporterJordan Mintzer Going way, way back, at least to The Great Train Robbery in 1903, the western remains one of cinema’s oldest genres — and certainly the one where it feels like everything’s already been done. It’s therefore all-the-more disappointing when a brand new western, like Richard Gray’s gunslinging geezer flick The Unholy Trinity, brings nothing original to the table, rehashing movies we’ve seen before and doing it in a way that feels altogether generic. Read
• 3.8 Movie NationRoger Moore The shootouts are first rate, and the stuntwork does a nice job of hiding the well-past-AARP status of our Big Names. Read
• 2.5 San Francisco ChronicleMichael Ordoña “The Unholy Trinity” is a passable, 95-minute diversion, but an unremarkable one. Read