The Boondock Saints
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Actor: Bill Craig (III), Billy Connolly, James Binkley, Matthew Chaffee, Willem DafoePrimary Contributor: Willem Dafoe
Primary Contributor: Sean Patrick Flanery
Primary Contributor: Norman Reedus
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 110 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-05-21
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
DVD Reviews of The Boondock Saints
DVD Review: Look A Little Closer..
Summary: 4 Stars
The film Boodock Saints can be considered a cult classic, but this title also hurts it. Many people do not look past the language or the sheer impossibility of these circumstances ever happening. This film is fun to watch, has quirky lines and situations, and even has a moral.
Brothers Connor and Murphy exemplify true Bostonian Irishmen. They drink, smoke, and go to church...all in the same day while saying numerous explitives. But their intentions and hearts are pure. They may seem like stupid immigrants, but they show their intelligence in the interrogation scene. They converse in five different languages, telling the detective that their mother wanted them to be well-rounded. It's hard to believe that these so-called scumbags could be intelligent, but the movie's purpose, after all, is to break down barriors.
There are many characters in which make the movie what it is. Detective Paul Smecker serves as most of the comic relief, listening to opera at crime scenes. The fact that he is uncharacteristically gay makes him even more funny. Rocco also brings stupidity into the mix, along with a penchent for not thinking and slutty women.
The best part about this movie is the culture it brings to life. The boys continuously use Roman Catholic prayers and even Latin. Connor and Murphy have tattoos on their hands, stating "veritas" and "aequitas," which mean truth and justice, respectively. They continually use the Latin for "In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen." usually shooting their victim on the word "Amen." The ritual that they perform of crossing their victim's arms and putting coins in their eyes represents that the killing was religious and necessary. Another interesting fact is the quote from Dante's Inferno which appears on the door to a club in which they are performing a killing. "Abandon hope, ye who enter here" is written in blood, signifying more knowledge of culture.
The moral of the movie is that these boys are taking on a God-like persona by killing the people they feel are evil. The police know this is happening, and even facilitate it because they know it is right to do. This film brings to light the idea of a stricter death penalty and other punishments, along with civilian heros. Plus, the music is good...who could hate Dropkick Muphys?
DVD Review: Action packed ride of revenge!
Summary: 5 Stars
Willem Dafoe is highly entertaining as a gay detective in persuit of Irish twin brothers (Sean Patrick Flanery and Norman Reedus) on a city wide death spree.
This movie successfuly combines action and comedy. It's a very strong movie with strong beliefs.
These 2 twins are highly relgious and practice vigilante justice under the pretence of clensing the world of sinners. These guys do what each of us imagine we could.
The bad things they do are justified in their minds because they are being done to bad people.
DVD Review: awesome
Summary: 5 Stars
I do believe that this is one of the best movies every written, directed, acted, etc. since the great movie, Saving Private Ryan.Loved this movie.DVD Review: See the documentary "Overnight" ...
Summary: 1 Stars
... made by two guys involved in the making of Boondock Saints (an unintentionally funny movie made by a ridiculous guy.) Real life is so much more interesting than fiction.DVD Review: one of the best (and strangest) film nobody has ever heard of
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great film, but it never got the attention or exposure it deserved. People compare it to Quentin Tarentino, but that doesn't do it justice. Quentin Tarentino has never done an original film in his life. Its all just homaige and 1970s explotation nostalgia. The other thing it has that Tarantino doesn't have is a sense of humor. In a certain way it owes more to something like fight club than tarantino. There are lots of "stand up and be a man" moments in the film.
The structure of the film with the police investigating what happened and then showing what happened worked well. The flaws in the film are a slow start and the lack of an ending. Its a film with a particular audience and appeal. Its not going to go over well with people outside that audience.
The film should really be remade with a bigger budget. With tweaks to the script and some more expensive action sequences, a new version of this film marketed properly would bring in a ton of money.
Description of The Boondock Saints
Explore the harrowing world of The Boondock Saints as never before in this Unrated Special Edition! Digitally remastered for extraordinary picture quality and exploding in 5.1 EX Dolby Surround Sound, this definitive two-disc edition of the cult phenomenoCharismatic 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
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