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The Boondock Saints

1999

Troy Duffy

Willem Dafoe, Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus, David Della Rocco ...

6.6

9,032

Action Irish brothers Connor & Murphy McManus live and work in Boston. Feeling that God's will to rid Earth from all human Evil was given to them as a mission, they set out to do their divine deed. A public outcry is never heard, and even FBI agent Paul Smecker, who follows their trace of bloodshed, admits that the boys are doing exactly what he secretly always has wished to happen. Risking their lives for their beliefs of Veritas (truth) and ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Manohla Dargis LA Weekly	"(Duffy's) assembled a fine cast -- it's hard to take your eyes off the two young leads -- but he's given them little to do but squeeze triggers and mouth platitudes"	NEU
United States	Ryan Lambie Den of Geek	"While the finished film has more than its fair share of faults, it’s full of moments that stick in the mind"	NEU
United States	TV Guide	"Duffy's models are clearly snarky, ultraviolent Tarantino-esque crime pictures, but this movie's cleverness is never quite on a par with its bloodlust."	NEG
United States	Scott Tobias AV Club	"Camp or genius? Or does it matter? Me, I find the film irredeemably silly and overcooked, but I don't begrudge the throngs of people who see it as Grand Guignol"	NEU
Canada	Brian Rentschler Screen Rant	"This movie took a half-baked idea and executed it so poorly that the end result is almost unwatchable. This is a cinematic disaster (…) Rating: ★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United Kingdom	Rob Mackie The Guardian	"The film throws up more questions than answers; we have no idea what caused Weinstein's apparently brief enthusiasm for the project nor what agenda the film's directors may have had (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU

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