Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Movie Review: Boondock Saints

Having seen a trailer for "Boondock Saints II: Bookdockier" Yummy wanted to see the original. It was one of those movies that keep coming up over and over so I figured it must be worth something. Here I was thinking that it was only a few years old with a sequel following shortly behind. Turns out that it was released in 1999. Not sure why they waited so long for another.

I hadn't seen this movie earlier because it's always been sold as yet another movie about people in the city shooting each other. A gang or a mob or some such caught in a shooting war with some guys. Seen it, thanks. Gonna go watch something else.

In fact, it's a superhero movie in disguise. Two brothers are in a bar with their friends when some guys from the Russian mob tell them to get out. They humiliate the Russians and send them packing. The Russians come back later to kill the brothers and end up dead themselves. That night, in a prison holding cell, the brothers have a religious vision and become vigilantes. Together they plan to go out and slay those mafia types who keep getting away with crimes.

In fact, it's a comedy about 30-something delivery boy for the Italian mob named "Funny Man". After they try to kill him for knowing too much he provides intel for a couple of guys going after the mob. His antics add an element of randomness to crime scenes that confuse the hell out of the cops.

In fact, it's a detective movie about an FBI agent who finds himself following the bloody trail of a couple of guys that he had in cuffs and let go because they acted in self defense.

I don't know about buying it, but I would recommend that you rent "Boondock Saints".

1 comment:

Der_Muffinmann said...

I really enjoy this movie, but haven't seen it in a long time. I plan on buying it in the near future

I look forward to seeing your review of the sequel, because I've heard some not-so-positive things about it.