If you liked the original "The Boondock Saints," you won't want to miss this one.
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day (2009)
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Reviews Counted:39
Fresh:8
Rotten:31
Average Rating:4/10
Consensus: This sequel to the cult favorite The Boondock Saints is more of the same -- unoriginal, absurd, violent, over-the-top, and occasionally mean-spirited.
Rated: R [See Full Rating] for bloody violence, language and some nudity
Genre: Action/Adventure
Theatrical Release:Oct 30, 2009 Limited
Box Office: $5,722,723
Synopsis: BOONDOCK SAINTS, the 2000 crime picture renowned for the unique story of the fast rise and fall of its egomaniacal filmmaker, Troy Duffy, as well as the cult following that appeared later on home... BOONDOCK SAINTS, the 2000 crime picture renowned for the unique story of the fast rise and fall of its egomaniacal filmmaker, Troy Duffy, as well as the cult following that appeared later on home release, gets the sequel treatment with this follow-up. Sean Patrick Flanery and Norman Reedus reunite as the vigilante MacManus brothers, with Billy Connolly returning as Il Duce. Duffy once again directs from his own script, with Clifton Collins Jr., Julie Benz, and David Della Rocco filling out the rest of the cast. [More]
Starring: Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus, Billy Connolly, Clifton Collins
Starring: Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus, Billy Connolly, Clifton Collins, Julie Benz, David Della Rocco, Brian Mahoney, David Ferry
Director: Troy Duffy
Director: Troy Duffy
Screenwriter: Troy Duffy
Producer: Chris Brinker, Don Carmody
Studio: Apparition
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Reviews for The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
The plot is an afterthought, the performances given with a wink and a clip-emptying flourish.
Idiotic style over some sorely needed substance....comes across cringingly rusty; a glorified fan film that only manages to make the popularity of the original picture all the more bewildering.
It would be a disservice of an almost, you will pardon the expression, sinful nature to mistake it for anything deep, or anything more profound than the hellzapopping fireworks show that it is
Trash--grubby and nonsensical, with lame dialogue, wretched overacting and clumsily staged action sequences.
You can't call Duffy's film style original. But he's clever in what he steals.
All I can really say is that if liking a movie where two guys swing off of ropes tied to a building into a window with guns blazing and proceed to slide across the floor on their knees while shredding mobsters up with bullets is wrong, then I don't want t
Bold prediction: At his current glacial pace of progress, Troy Duffy is likely to write and direct the great Irish-American payback movie sometime in the year 2049.
The only good thing to say about this brutal and brutally boring bit of blarney is that it is so relentlessly unpleasant and unappealing that we may never have to endure the likes of "The Boondock Saints III: Get Boondockier."
It's as if writer/director Troy Duffy threw every idea he had at the wall, creating a very messy wall.
Writer-director Troy Duffy needs to YouTube himself a new idea or two, because his variations on themes provided by Quentin Tarantino and Guy "RocknRolla" Ritchie are pure mold.
Can you fly forward through the air while firing two heavy-duty handguns without your arms jerking back and smacking you in the chin? Would that violate one of Newton's laws? Just askin'.
The sequel is just as overlong, filled with gay jokes, gay panic, racial slurs, Keystone Kops humor, ethnic pride, self-satisfied dialogue, and misguided biblical references.
Earns points only for being remarkably unself-conscious about its across-the-board ineptitude.
Fans of the first film will definitely find much to love this time around.
I will not defend it as a good movie, but I have to say, I had a pretty good time at it.
Mindlessly entertaining on occasion, but lacks the refreshing pizzazz and clever surprises found in the original. Its pretentious editing style and wooden performances get frustrating rather quickly.
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