Get ready for some great action! If you like gritty shootouts, vengeance motifs, and oddball humor amid wanton violence, this two-part series is for you!
Just imagine two Irish brothers, good-hearted ruffians by nature, who love to laugh, smoke, drink, fight, and enjoy life....only to find that some evil dudes want to get in the way of their fun. While less volatile folks might walk away and do their partying elsewhere, the two lads are not prone to turning their backs on a good tiff. Problem is, fisticuffs quickly turn into guns!
No spoiler, but let me say that the two Boondock Saints films, made in 1999 and 2009, are among the best of any gun-totin' films ever made. The two Irish sibs make it a point to kill anyone evil, particularly gangsters...yet, strangely, they knock off the baddies as they pray over their misguided souls. We root for the rowdy boys, who drink and shoot with equal dexterity, because we somehow like them. And we really like their wild and extreme dad.
Willem Dafoe, who is known for his outstanding work in Platoon, does his very best acting ever as the crazed, brilliant, often effeminate FBI investigator who "feels" each and every crime scene. In the 1999 film, he sometimes steals the show.
Batten down the hatches, turn off the mind, and brace yourself for the film ride of a lifetime! After viewing the Boondock boys, you'll think twice about admiring other action heroes. These guys are as tough as nails and about as heroic as good/bad boys can be!
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