Boondock Saints (Unrated Special Edition)
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Movie Reviews of Boondock Saints (Unrated Special Edition)
Movie Review: Mindless, unrealistic violence, unconvincing characters, and an amateurish script
Summary: 1 Stars
Where to begin...
1. The characters are unconvincing, uninteresting, and overused movie stereotypes.
2. The plot barely makes any sense. There is virtually no character development which convincingly explains why two people would go on a killing spree.
3. The story seems to have come from the mind of a pre-pubescent video gamer.
4. A pretentious overtone.
I cant even continue writing this, the entire movie sucked so bad that its too hard to even describe. Watching this was like having 5 other mediocre shoot em ups chewed up and spat out onto a DVD. There is a reason this movie got 20% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Movie Review: Holy Action!!
Summary: 5 Stars
The Boondock Saints (italicize), released in 1999, could possibly be described as a "cult flick," since it never saw intense gains at the box office during its theatrical release. However, it is a fantastic drama with both memorable characters and fantastic performances from some up-and-coming Hollywood names.
Sean Patrick Flannery and Norman Reedus star as devoutly Irish Catholic twin brothers, Connor and Murphy McManus, whose chance bar fight with Russian mobsters leads them to killing two peons in self-defense. After spending a night in jail and being released without charges, the two come to believe they are supernaturally appointed to enact God's justice on evil men. A virtual slaughter of vigilantism ensues, with the brothers and their new recruit, David Della Rocco, taking out all that is evil in South Boston. When the killings begin to hit closer and closer to home for infamous mafia don "Papa Joe" Yakavetta, he secures the release of an old family hit man, the mysterious "Il Duche."
Willem Dafoe gives a smashing performance as Paul Smecker , the anomalous FBI agent assigned to investigate the mob-related killings. His uncanny detective skills soon have him hot on the trail of the two brothers, and once Smecker realizes the particular brand of vigilantism the brothers are executing, he must make a choice to either take them down or enable their continuance.
With choppy dramatic sequencing including flashbacks and layered scene cutting, a few critics have compared the style of The Boondock Saints to that of Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction. Some even write it off as a cheap imitation. However, the memorable characters, unique humor and religious twist of The Boondock Saints ensures that it holds its own place in the line of "shoot-`em-up" mobster movies. Don't miss out on the Saints phenomenon.
Movie Review: One of the greatest cult films ever.
Summary: 5 Stars
I love this movie, each time I watch it, it feels like it's better, kind of like Pulp Fiction. I can't wait for the sequel to come out.Movie Review: Solid action flick, William Defoe perfectly cast, and interesting original story line
Summary: 5 Stars
I caught the very begining of this on TV one afternoon, unfortunatly had to leave in the first 10 minutes. But, seeing William Defoe in it sparked me to rent it, and now own it. Facinating story about two highly intelligent underachieving men in Boston who decide to take justice into their own hands. William Defoe plays the FBI detective following their trail. All I can say is you have to see this one, the casting is great, and the story is original. Great action and fight scenes. Movie Review: Lollerblades
Summary: 5 Stars
Wow, I can't believe how many 1 stars this movie has produced. Ever since the movie came out, I haven't met ONE person that thought so negatively of the film, and I know a LOT of people from a LOT of places. I guess there just has to be haters of everything on this planet.
It's just a movie anyways, and there are TONS of movies out there WAY worse than this one could ever dream up to be.