The Boondock Saints [IMPORT]

Starring:Willem Dafoe, Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus, James Binkley, Matthew Chaffee, Billy Connolly, Bill Craig (III), David Della Rocco, Robert Eaton (III), David Ferry, Richard Fitzpatrick, Scott Griffith (II), Dot Jones, Kym Kristalie, Brian Mahoney, Bob Marley (II), Layton Morrison, Robert Pemberton, William Young (IV)
Studio: Wave Imports
Product Type: DVD

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The Boondock Saints
...Bury the F***ing cat!!!
Everyone needs to calm down
"i'll have a coke"
Spectacular "Where's he going? No where!"

The Boondock Saints [IMPORT]
Starring: James Binkley , Matthew Chaffee , Billy Connolly , Bill Craig (III) , and Willem Dafoe
Manufacturer: Wave Imports
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ASIN: B000060MWV
Release Date: 2002-01-25

Customer Reviews:

The Boondock Saints.......2007-03-29

This movie was recommended by a friend.when i saw this movie i loved it.this movie is about Irish twin bothers(Sean Patrick Flanery and Norman Reedus) who believe they have been chosen to rid the world of evil.together the brother brutally murder the criminals of Bostons under world wile being trailed down by an FBI agent(William Duffoe) who is torn between busting them and joining them.

This movie is awesome.If you have not seen this movie i say you go out and buy it or rent it just go see it...

...Bury the F***ing cat!!!.......2004-08-22

All it takes is the first five mintues and you are hooked for life. On my top ten of all time. Every single person I know that has seen this movie absolutely loves it. If you haven't seen this movie, then there's something wrong with you. You have to watch it at least five times to catch all of the details and layers that melt this masterpiece together....BUY THIS DVD. You will NOT be disappointed. Anyone that says otherwise needs to go like Pappa Joe.

Everyone needs to calm down.......2003-11-06

In the battle of style over substance, substance didn't even show up for this one. That can be fine, but the style of this movie is ugly, mindless, and derivative. It is true that there is fancy camera work, and a number of impressively loud speeches are shouted between shootouts. The director seems overjoyed for the chance to make this movie, sweeping around and extravagently showing guns blazing while. Somehow this enthusiasm has blinded people to the complete lack of any other redeeming quality: the acting and plot are intensely bad. This movie isn't just empty of quality, it's full of stinking, rotten, cheese.

"i'll have a coke".......2003-10-22

All I can say is GREAT FLICK! Funny, lots of action, and it raises interesting questions about taking the law into your own hands..."only killing for good".

Spectacular "Where's he going? No where!".......2002-11-12

The Boondock Saints was honestly the best investment I have ever made on impulse. Within 10 minutes of having started the movie, I knew I was in for something special, I was excited and on the edge of my seat. I wish I could claim to have done something for the first time that was this amazing. For a first script, and a directorial debut on an independent film budget, Troy Duffy started at the sky and worked his way up. The story itself, revolving around two Irish Bostonian brothers and there "quest" to rid the streets of Mafia bosses, druglords, and other street scum is wonderful. I don't want to go too heavily into the plot, because seeing it unfold before me was part of the pleasure I gained from watching this movie. This movie is filled with questions to the viewer as to what is morally acceptable, what stereotypes are held in society, and how much we, as humans, WANT to believe in what is going on, and are willing to keep watching wether we agree with it or not. The acting perfomances are solid across the board. I was already a big fan of Sean Patrick Flannery for his role as the Young Indiana Jones, and liked Willem Dafoe's work from Platoon and other movies. Norman Reedus was someone whom I had never heard of, but I am out looking currently to see more of his movies. The bond between Sean and Norm who play brothers was wonderful, and translated beautifully on screen. The movie is a wonderful mix of action, comedy, drama, and presents a real "thinker" movie that leaves your brain on way after the movie is cold in the player. I highly recommend this movie to everyone. Wether you like it or not at the end, its a movie worth seeing to find out. As for the DVD, as a DVD fan and collector, I have to say I was highly surprised by the extras. Deleted scenes for wonderful, and as I failed to mention earlier, show scenes differently from the movie. The movie was magicly directed, the editing was wonderful, big thumbs up to Troy Duffy just for the way he shot this film. The extra's on the DVD also include a commentary which I highly enjoyed watching and will do again. This is truly (and one of the very few in my experiences) a MUST SEE movie. I know the cult fan base is high, and I hope the movie gains more and more ground, because it is truly deserving. Can't wait to see what Troy Duffy presents us with next.

Average customer rating:

Are you kidding? This is like a gift from the Hollywood Gods!
Horribly overrated
Belongs Under Comedy/Fantasy not Action/Drama
A Good Guy Movie for Macho Men
WOW, AMAZING EPIC!!

The Boondock Saints [IMPORT]
Starring: James Binkley , Matthew Chaffee , Billy Connolly , Bill Craig (III) , and Willem Dafoe
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ASIN: B00005IC54
Release Date: 2001-03-13

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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

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Canadian DVD release for 'Reservoir Dogs'-style vigilante thriller starring Willem Dafoe. 97 mins.. 2000 release.

Customer Reviews:

Are you kidding? This is like a gift from the Hollywood Gods!.......2007-06-19

I cannot believe that a movie with so much intelligence and gnashing bite made it through the editing room to my home theater. Two Irish-Catholic brothers that fall into vigilantism so effortlessly and do it so well, that is a recipe for a plot that fuels this amazing film. Do yourself a favor and watch this over and over.
~Charlie Will

Horribly overrated.......2007-06-07

As another reviewer put it, this is one of those movies that is unintentionally funny. The acting is awful and the plot nonsensical. I originally got it because of all its rave reviews here, of which I no longer trust. This one has all the acting and plot of a late-night straight-to-TV flick. I had a hard time making it all the way through. This one is a real stinker, if you want Boston-style mob violence save yourself the trouble and watch the horribly depressing (but much, much better) The Departed instead.

Belongs Under Comedy/Fantasy not Action/Drama.......2007-05-08

This self-indulgent caricature of a movie was just plain awful. I admit, the story intrigued me; two shanty Irish vigilantes from Southie killing bad guys in the name of God? OK, I'll give it a shot, plus I heard all these rave reviews about it. Boy was I in for an unpleasant surprise. The acting was horrible and most of the characters were so ridiculous that I couldn't even take them seriously. This is one of those films that is unintentionally funny. All kidding aside, this is literally how I think a 13 year old would visualize a good action/drama film. So unless you have the mentality of a pre-teen or can enjoy this movie for what it is, a comedy/fantasy, I would suggest you don't waste your time. For a decent movie about South Boston, go watch The Departed or even Southie instead.

A Good Guy Movie for Macho Men.......2007-04-02

The Boondock Saints is rich with symbolism and pop culture disdain, while making a statement that things have gotten out of control with a film that got out of control. The irony is steep, intention and not, throughout the film and the backstory.

Up front and center, I liked the movie. It ranks with the better films in a genre that arguably owes homage to Reservoir Dogs. The Tarantino elements are rich and clear, but not ripped off - a clear distinction for me. Duffy created a wild picture full of violence, but where he parted ways with Tarantino was in the significance of life in South Boston. These people are victimized by crime and shoddy policemanship and every day is an exercise in futility. Duffy brings to the screen the drama that answers the question, "what would you do about it?"

The brothers, two tough Irish kids have enough when assaulted and nearly killed by pissed off Russians. Something snaps inside them, something religious and right, something straight out of the worst war of heaven. They take this religion and make it a religion of violence, exacting revenge against the mob for injustices done to every Irish mother and daughter, son and father, throughout blue-collar Boston. It's not realistic, but it's realism, the dream that tough kids wanting to make a difference share throughout our violent society.

Where Duffy really makes his mark, however, is in the freedom of artistic excess he portrays. The FBI agent is gay and crossdresses. The funny man hates his mob bosses and tells particularly unfunny jokes. The cops are clowns, but not intentionally, it's just a system they don't think they can make a difference in. The gags aren't funny so much as ironic, like the brothers falling through a ceiling into a mob meeting, hanging upside down accidentally tangled in ropes, yet still succeed in their mission. Mission Impossible meets Hannah Barbara with an R-rating and blood splatter.

Irish Catholicism seeps through the pours of these brothers and this film, centering on cathedrals and confessionals, and a prayer that guides their murderous ways.

And shepherds we shall be
For Thee, my Lord, for Thee
Power hath descended forth from Thy hand
That our feet may swiftly carry out Thy command
So we shall flow a river forth to Thee
And teeming with souls shall it ever be
In nomine Patri, et Filii, et Spiriti Sancti

I only regret that Duffy destroyed the chances for this film to be legendary by biting the hand that feeds, so as to speak. He could've had it all, and it could've been to our benefit.

C'est La Vie.

- CV Rick

WOW, AMAZING EPIC!!.......2007-03-20

WOW!! I just rented this flick, and LOVED it!!! Great camera shots, good solid acting and cast, I thought "Quentin tarantino", direct this jam-pack action, because the style and killing and shooting part is amazing!!! Love the sound track! Every bit of this movie is SUPER!!! Insane & violent shooting and action mafia scenes, real good directed & shot!! Defiantly check this out FOR SURE!!! B+

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