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Overview

User Rating:
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Director:
Troy Duffy
Writer:
Troy Duffy (written by)
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Release Date:
19 November 1999 (Denmark) more
Genre:
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller more
Tagline:
Brothers. Killers. Saints. more
Plot:
Fraternal twins set out to rid Boston of the evil men operating there while being tracked down by an FBI agent. full summary | full synopsis
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(86 articles)
‘Overnight’ Exposes Boondock Saints Director
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The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day Expands Nationwide
 (From MovieWeb. 4 November 2009, 4:58 AM, PST)

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Non-linear storytelling executed well more (802 total)

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Mission des dieux (Canada: French title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong violence, language and sexual content.
Runtime:
110 min | South Korea:102 min (cut)
Country:
Canada | USA
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Filming Locations:
Boston, Massachusetts, USA more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
In the Sin Bin, Connor says, "I've been waiting for this one," referring to one of the two additional victims. The comment refers to an omitted scene in the emergency room, where the man is a pimp that was beating a prostitute, and Murphy holds Connor back from attacking the pimp. The other victim in the Sin Bin is a drug dealer from outside the Sin Bin (yet another omitted scene). more
Goofs:
Continuity: In the alley scene with the Russians, when Connor throws the toilet onto the Russian holding the gun to Murphy's head, he scares and fires a bullet, which presumably drills a hole into the dumpster. However, when you watch closely, you can see the gun being fired while aiming downward at the floor, not at the dumpster. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Mackiepenny: Our father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on Earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, the glory, now and forever. Amen.
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Movie Connections:
References The Godfather (1972) more
Soundtrack:
Crystal Dancehall more

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39 out of 58 people found the following comment useful.
Non-linear storytelling executed well, 28 July 2003
8/10
Author: stumblefoot

I've always enjoyed non-linear storytelling. A number of people seem to have picked up on this aspect of the movie and thus dubbed it similar to Pulp Fiction (though no one mentions Reservoir Dogs) when this movie takes non-linear storytelling to a level beyond where Quentin Tarrantino was ever able to go.

Now, certainly Memento came along afterwards and transformed the entire art of non-linear storytelling. However, Memento uses it to keep the movie watcher guessing until the very end, whereas Boondock Saints puts the pieces on the table, letting you try to put them together, but then will continue handing you pieces until the picture becomes clearer.

Clearly the movie is designed to be over-the-top, both from Williem Dafoe's character to the action sequences themselves. Williem Dafoe makes this movie for me. The plot, which centers on religiously-inspired vigilante justice, has an air of being somewhat cliched, although I would be hard pressed to name another movie which handles it in this matter.

I still fail to see how others consider this movie vacuous and without meaning, when its message about the pitfalls of our current legal system and the need for something that transcends it is quite clear. I thought the ending, in which various people are interviewed about their opinion of the "Saints" and how for some vigilante justice was an incredibly sensitive issue, made this point very clear.

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