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Twin Irish brothers of the Catholic faith lock and load in the name of vengeance in this '90s action thriller.
Tired...
Twin Irish brothers of the Catholic faith lock and load in the name of vengeance in this '90s action thriller.
Tired of the crime overrunning the streets of Boston, Irish Catholic twin brothers Conner and Murphy are inspired by their faith to cleanse their hometown of evil with their own brand of zealous vigilante justice. As they hunt down and kill one notorious gangster after another, they become controversial folk heroes in the community. But Paul Smecker, an eccentric FBI agent, is fast closing in on their blood-soaked trail.
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26 %31 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
91 %335,837 reviewsAudience score rating
"A gimmicky, incoherent film about Irish vigilante brothers and a gay opera-loving detective (Willem Dafoe going way over the top) who is on their trail."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"A macho bloodbath with a lot of juvenile humour and fake Catholic mysticism..."
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Chicago Reader
Chicago Reader"A cheeseball riff on Reservoir Dogs and True Romance, Quentin Tarantino meets Wayne and Garth."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"(It) is all style and no substance, a film so gleeful in its endorsement of vigilante justice that it almost veers (or ascends) into self-parody."
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A.V. Club
A.V. Club"A junky ode to cartoon vigilante justice drenched in hollow Catholic iconography and poorly photocopied Tarantino-isms."
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Slant Magazine
Slant Magazine"Dafoe is all over the map, while Flanery and Reedus are curiously stolid and blank... Della Rocco’s maniacal manner, by contrast, is painful to watch."
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Variety
Variety"A classic illustration of a movie whose production history is more interesting than it is."
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TV Guide
TV GuideThe Boondock Saints | Details
- Rating
- R18, Violence & offensive language
- Runtime
- 108
- Genre
- Action, Thriller
- Country of origin
- Canada, USA
