The Boondock Saints, Sean Patrick Flanery and Norman Reedus, and writer/director Troy Duffy talk about The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day on the Preston and Steve Show on 93.3 WMMR
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.”
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.
Sean Patrick Flanery (right) as Connor MacManus in The Boondock Saints
I had the opportunity to interview Sean Patrick Flanery, who twice had the chance to play Connor MacManus in the cult-hit The Boondock Saints and the upcoming sequel Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day. On a warm day in West Hollywood outside his Brazilian Ju Jitsu academy, we spoke of the upcoming sequel and what it’s like to make movies with the fans in mind.
SPF: We really want to treat Boondock Saints II like the film that it is. We want to give back to the fans. We don’t necessarily want to do Entertainment Tonight and things like that when we promote it. When the first film came out, everyone who gave us those great write-ups and reviews were these underground magazines and bloggers, you know, the cult following. We want to give all the interviews to those types of people. A strong voice in the underground, not necessarily some premiere magazine.
BH: You mentioned the cult-following of the first film. That movie poster seems … READ MORE
Sean Patrick Flanery Talks Boondock Saints II, Boondock Comic, Fonda and Fighting by Troy Rogers of The Dead Bolt
Although Sean Patrick Flanery has a long list of acting credits to his name in film and TV, from The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, Powder, Suicide Kings, Stargate SG-1, C.S.I., Masters of Horror, and his six season run on the TV adaptation of The Dead Zone, it was the 1999 role of butt kicking Irish twin brother, Connor McManus in Boondock Saints that fans have been talking about for a decade.
After years of rumor and speculation that Boondock Saints director Troy Duffy would eventually reunite Flanery with actor Norman Reedus who plays Connor’s brother, Murphy McManus, for a sequel to Boondock Saints, the long and winding road to Boondock Saints II will soon be here when Sean Patrick Flanery is back to kick more hail-of-gunfire butt in Boston in Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day.
With the real Boondock brothers not too far removed from their appearance at Comic Con, and Sean Patrick Flanery getting pumped to see how fans react to the long awaited Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day, we went on an exclusive Boondock hunt of our own to get the sequel story straight from Sean Patrick Flanery and an update on what he knows about the upcoming Boondock Saints comic book, the possible video game direction, what …READ MORE
Who would have thought we’d see a sequel to The Boondock Saints? First of all, the film didn’t have much of a theatrical run and even after it attained cult status via DVD, the hope to make a second was an on again, off again concept. Well, the time has come. The film is complete and we’re less than two months away from its release.
Its obvious there are tons of fans out there psyched about seeing the McManus brothers back in action in The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day, but it’s Conner McManus himself, Sean Patrick Flanery, that is especially thrilled about the October 30th release. Yes, in Hollywood when you have a film as successful as The Boondock Saints, a sequel is likely in the future, but All Saints Day is far from a mere effort to capitalize on the success of the original film. It’s particularly special for the fans and the cast as well. Eleven years later, there’s nothing Sean would rather do than bring back Conner McManus.
The Boondocks Saints was only initially released on five screens in the entire county. Did you ever think it would amass such a large cult following?
I never knew. You never know. I knew a lot of people dug it… READ MORE
IGN premiers the trailer for Troy Duffy’s The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day, which will be released by Sony’s Stage 6 Films in limited theaters on October 30th.
The film is the continuation of Duffy’s tough, stylized cutting edge saga of fraternal twins, the MacManus brothers (Norman Reedus, Sean Patrick Flanery). The two have been in deep hiding in the quiet valleys of Ireland, far removed from their former lives or modern technologies. When word comes that a priest has been killed by sinister forces in the tough underworld of Boston, they return to mount a violent and bloody crusade to bring justice to those who must now suffer the consequences, with a new partner in crime (Clifton Collins) and a sexy FBI operative (Julie Benz) hot on their trail!
Sean Patrick Flanery Talks Boondock Saints II, Boondock Comic, Fonda and Fighting
Who would have thought we’d see a sequel to The Boondock Saints? First of all, the film didn’t have much of a theatrical run and even after it attained cult status via DVD, the hope to make a second was an on again, off again concept. Well, the time has come. The film is complete and we’re less than two months away from its release.