Synopsis
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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Cast
- Willem DafoePaul Smecker
- Sean Patrick FlaneryConner MacManus
- Norman ReedusMurphy MacManus
- David Della RoccoRocco
- Billy ConnollyII Duce
- David FerryDetective Dolly
- Brian MahoneyDetective Duffy
- Bob MarleyDetective Greenly
- Richard FitzpatrickThe Chief
- William YoungMonsignor
Recommendations
- 75
Boston Globe
(Duffy) navigates the twisted collision of religious faith and the thrill of the kill, altruism and brutality, with an ingenious mix of humor, horror, mysticism, and just plain hipness. - 60
Variety
More interested in finding fresh ways to stage execution scenes than in finding meaning behind the human urge for self-appointed righting of wrongs, (the film) is stuffed with effects that have no lasting impact. - 50
L.A. 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. - 30
The A.V. Club
As written and directed by newcomer Troy Duffy, The Boondock Saints 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.
