Pierce Brosnan’s New Western Debuts With an Unholy Rotten Tomatoes Score

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Pierce Brosnan started the year strong with his performance opposite Tom Hardy in Guy Ritchie’s MobLand, but the former James Bond actor has just debuted a new project that is heading down a dangerous path. Brosnan stars alongside Samuel L. Jackson in The Unholy Trinity, a Western following a man caught between a sheriff determined to keep the peace and a stranger intent on burning it down. The Unholy Trinity debuted in theaters this weekend, and the film has earned a disastrous 17% score from critics on Rotten Tomatoes. Audiences were much kinder to the film, reviewing it at a 65% on the Popcornmeter. These scores come from 18 and 100 reviews at the time of writing, respectively, so they are subject to chance as more reviews come in.

Lee Zachariah wrote the script for The Unholy Trinity, and Richard Gray directed the film. Gray most recently directed Murder at Yellowstone City, another Western led by Richard Dreyfuss and Isaiah Mustafa that began streaming on Netflix earlier this year. The film found short-lived success on the streamer before departing the top 10 in the same week it entered it. Gray is also known for his work on Robert the Bruce, the 2019 period drama starring Angus Macfadyen and Jared Harris. The film is currently streaming for free on Pluto TV, and it follows a nobleman-turned-outlaw who is crowned king in the 14th century. As with most filmmakers, the names get more unrecognizable the further back in their filmography you travel. Gray has also directed films such as Broken Ghost, Sugar Mountain, Cold War, The Lookalike, Blinder, and Mine Games.