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The Boondock Saints | 
| Director: Troy Duffy
Actors: Willem Dafoe, David Ferry, Brian Mahoney, Billy Connolly, Ron Jeremy
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
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Rating:  218 reviews
Format: Import, Collector's Edition, Dolby, Full Screen, Ntsc, Special Edition, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.7
MPN: 2240488
UPC: 024543404880
EAN: 0024543404880
ASIN: B000IY04Q8
Theatrical Release Date: 2000
Release Date: May 23, 2006
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From Amazon.com
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
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| Customer Reviews: Read 213 more reviews...
 You'd have to be retarded... May 5, 2008
Cyclotron (Canada)
...to consider this film anything but bottom-of-barrel ooze (Coming as it does courtesy of a certifiable, wet-brained, burn-out bartender - Troy Duffy). Duffy is racist, sexist, homophobic but mostly as dumb as a box of rocks. Read a few of the five-star reviews for this film to get a good idea of the type of person who digs this, and you'll see what I mean.
Vastly more entertaining than this garbage is "Overnight" a charming documentary from a couple of Duffy's ex-buddies / business partners, who were at least sharp enough to document the entire shocking process of making of this awful film. Don't miss the stuff about Duffy's "band" The Brood, either - rich in comedy gold! That this talentless lout ever even got a shot at anything more complex than making a drink is perhaps the saddest part of all, and as of this writing it's not looking good for his sophomore effort, so maybe there is some justice after all!
 I normally don't say this, but FOLLOW THE CROWD April 4, 2005
James Styron (The United Lie)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
Boondock Saints is one of the most important independent films to grace our time. It broaches the social idea of taking matters into your own hands, forgetting the system and doing what is right. It is eccentric BECAUSE THEY ARE IRISH, the fight scenes are necessarily exaggerated due to the heavily religious overtones associated with them as being chosen to carry out Heaven's will, but even the characters acknowledge the strange luck that seems to never leave their side and the arsenal of talent (and, yes, the one with guns too) that they had unconsciously mastered as being pretty incredible. I thought it truly innovative and were I someone important this might mean something. Anyway, I recommend it. Godspeed.
Brilliant, disregard the naysayers! November 15, 2004
Robin Lore-prue (Sussex)
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
I just saw this movie on late night TV and went, straight away, to Amazon so that I might purchase it for my brother, and myself, for Christmas. We both love any flick with an Irish bent. I was so astounded by the bad reviews that I felt propelled to write one of my own. If your a left wing, movie snob who thinks everything Quentin Tarantino has done to be exceptional, (ie. Jackie Brown???) well then, perhaps you might find this movie offensive. Personally, I lean left myself, however, I found this movie to be extraordinarily well acted, the characters full and interesting and the plot intriguing. I am as Irish as the day is long, and I was not a bit offended by the plot. One reviewer deemed the movie "another black eye for the Irish" ; absurd observation. I'm not even necessarily a proponent of the death penalty and still, I loved this movie. At the end of the movie the "media" question "people on the street." I believe those who reacted adversely to the Saints, did so because they would have something to fear if vigilantism became widespread. Similarly, I believe that those who reacted badly to this film may have the same guilty fears. After all only those who are afraid of being judged would say "who are they to judge?"
Don't be dazzled by all the stars - no good. July 20, 2004
Charleyc (Australia)
3 out of 10 found this review helpful
I'm shocked that people have consistently given this movie 5 stars! It Does nothing for my faith in human discrepency. This film was reccomended to me by the bottle nose in the video store. It's my fault because I should have immediately taken that as a sign that this would be just as annoying as he is, and it was! However, I'm not that hard to please, but this movie failed on all accounts - avoid this trash like diptheria. It attempts to be sharp action flic laced with witty lines, simultaneously action and comedy, but fails to be either and falls miserably between the two gernres into a rip-off/gay abyss of boring viewing. Dufoe's performance is cringe-worthy, and the rest of the acting is no better than B-grade. The renegade vigilante premise of the film has been done before, and to much better effect. If I had seen Billy Connoly's name on the box I would have dropped it like a hot-cake, am I the only one who finds this 'quirky' fool comedically inept? Luckily his role is a essentially a cameo, don't worry, the rest of the script more than makes up for his brand of NOT-FUNNY humour. I wonder why in God's name people reccomend films like this, but then I see all these 5 stars and I realise just how rotten and depraved the taste of the common man is. The film doesn't even stick to it's terrible plot and crumbles half way through like a stale cookie - it uses some extra violence as a crutch for it's weak style - And he only laugh I got was a series of hearty guffaws at the folly of my rental - give me back my 4$!
BEST MOVIE EVER July 20, 2004
Stephen Lorenzo (Los Angeles, CA USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is the greatest movie ever. The plot is good but the thing that makes this movie great is the dialoge. Every single line is a classic. The actors all do a great job and Willem Dafoe is on the top of his game. If you are into Guy Ritche or Quentin Terantino than this Troy Duffy masterpiece is for you.
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