This is a great movie, but if you don't enjoy colorful language I'd stay away. If you love the many uses of bad language then there's a hilarious scene just for you!
There is plenty wrong with The Boondock Saints, including the film's general attitude toward pretty much everything. This is about as self-indulgent as film-making gets, and try as I might I just can't derive the same pleasure out of it all as those involved. That said, there are enough guilty humor moments (though an equal number of unsuccessful attempts) and fresh action sequences to ward off ou... read more
By far my favorite movie of all time. A great story of good vs. evil with a twist. The family love and dedication combined with the relentless passion to rid the world of evil men. Priceless.
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Charismatic young stars Sean Patrick Flanery and Norman Reedus play two Irish brothers, Connor and Murphy, who believe themselves ordained by God to rid the world of evil men. Their first killing is in self-defense; but after that, they start killing with devotion, gunning down a summit of the Russian mafia. Willem Dafoe plE
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Charismatic young stars Sean Patrick Flanery and Norman Reedus play two Irish brothers, Connor and Murphy, who believe themselves ordained by God to rid the world of evil men. Their first killing is in self-defense; but after that, they start killing with devotion, gunning down a summit of the Russian mafia. Willem Dafoe plays a gay FBI agent (he listens to opera while examining crime scenes) who knows what the boys are doing but feels that their vigilante tactics are necessary. There's not much plot to The Boondock Saints--it's mostly a series of violent scenes in which the boys are partially ingenious and partially lucky. The movie seems to want to provoke debate about vigilantism, but the scenario is too implausible to stir any real controversy. The peculiar mix of earnestness and machismo will not appeal to everyone, but it's certainly unique and may acquire a cult following. --Bret Fetzer
“By far my favorite movie of all time. A great story of good vs. evil with a twist. The family love and dedication combined with the relentless passion to rid the world of evil men. Priceless.” read more
Justaway added this to a list 1 year, 3 months ago
“There is plenty wrong with The Boondock Saints, including the film's general attitude toward pretty much everything. This is about as self-indulgent as film-making gets, and try as I might I just can't derive the same pleasure out of it all as those involved. That said, there are enough guilty humor moments (though an equal number of unsuccessful attempts) and fresh action sequences to ward off outright failure. This is no where near the brilliant film its outspoken, fake-Boston Red Sox-fan, can't wait for the next Transporter movie, blow-hard fanboys would lead you to believe. Nor is it the vile, trash-as-a-style, empty excercise in faux-machismo that the high-brow critics make it out to be. In the end Booddock Saints is a somewhat applaudable effort to spice up a genre that sorely needed” read more
NMartucci added this to a list 3 years, 3 months ago
"The most notable and successful (DVD sales were through the roof!) "indie" (I mean that in the loosest way possible) film in the past decade. The unfortunate events that occurred at Columbine High School caused this movie to receive almost no attention whatsoever.
Great flick if you are a fan of squibs flying all over the place. "
retailer added this to a list 6 years, 3 months ago
“This is a great movie, but if you don't enjoy colorful language I'd stay away. If you love the many uses of bad language then there's a hilarious scene just for you!” read more