After a 10-year wait that felt like an eternity, the moment that Irish Americans have been waiting for has finally arrived: the Boondock Saints are back with a bang.
“Boondock Saints II” has finally made it to the big screen, and the film’s
legions of fans have been showing up in their thousands to the sequel’s
premiers… READ MORE and WATCH VIDEO
Now that the movie has been shown to fans, we can finally sit down and talk about it.
I saw “Boondock Saints II” last week. I liked it.
I didn’t like it in the way that I’m a news editor and occasional film critic. I didn’t love it in the way that I’m an artist and I can appreciate a classic piece of film.
Let’s face it, there’s two kinds of people in the world: The ones that love “The Boondock Saints” and the ones who hate “The Boondock Saints.”
I found BOONDOCK SAINTS a couple years after it had hit on video. When I was serving in the military the pilots who flew at night used to watch it incessantly before going off to fly in the helicopters and for some reason I always would walk in during Willam Dafoe’s drag scene. This scene never made me want to actually sit down and watch the film. But something stuck with the pilots and the film, even calling themselves ‘The Bastardos’ after a throwaway line in the movie. One night they forced me to sit down and watch it and I was instantly hooked. Since then I’ve watched the movie once a month for the next six years.
There seems to be two very different camps for BOONDOCK SAINTS: the ones who… READ MORE
As writer-director Troy Duffy recalls it, the cast and crew of The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day were more than a tad nervous when they began work on their Boston-set, vigilante-action sequel. “Everybody was terrified to be the guy that screwed it up,” he says of the Toronto shoot for his movie, which is released October 30. “They knew the fans would find out where they lived and burn their f—-ing house to the ground.”… READ MORE
Norman tells us about being hit by an 18-wheeler, the awesomeness of Judd Nelson, and why SAINTS took so long to finally happen. Sean deals with his cellular service, explains the presence of Rocco in the trailer, and promises a bigger, better BOONDOCKS film… READ MORE
FOX25, myfoxboston – The MacManus brothers are back, going after the scum Boston again. And that’s good news if you like your movies in a stylized package with action, revenge, intrigue and a few chuckles along the way.
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day has it all and more. It opens at the end of the month.
It’s the highly-anticipated follow-up to the huge cult classic, the Boondock Saintz.
Actor Sean Patrick Flanery visits the Film Courage studio to give us his thoughts on fame, the difference from working on a television set compared to a film set, and how he prepared for the role of Connor McManus in his latest movie The Boondock Saints 2 – All Saints Day… LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW
