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Summary: This is one of the best movies ever made.
Review: Hello
I am the movie critic for Portland Herald in Portland OR. This is one of the nessary films for every video collection. I cant wait for Boondock Saints 2!
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Summary: Replaced Snatch as a person favorite
Review: This was a very entertaining movie. A lot of people might dismiss it due to all the violence but if you do that you'll miss one of the best unknown movies out there. Willem DaFoe and Patrick-Flannery turn in great performances. I also love the conflict between the FBI agent (DaFoe) and Greenly (BPD Detective). The action sequences and plot twists are also first rate. Go rent, I mean buy this movie you won't be disappointed and shouldn't have problem finding it now that its caught on!
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Summary: this movie is...WOW.
Review: If you look through the reviews, you'd pretty much get people who either absolutely hated the movie, or loved it. I personally enyoyed it a LOT - in my opinion, the acting was, contrary to some reviews, great - think of the effort it would have taken to fill Willem Dafoe's shoes. He's spectacular; no one could ever have the same finesse for this role - which is by NO means easy - and something is wrong with the people that get offended from thinking the movie is just some big macho scheme. Some might find it at times, but not even Disney 'toons are politically correct and every film has at least some controversy. The controversy of this film is not on a GRAND scale, but it fits in with the movie great because the style is fresh and despite the events, it still manages to be humorous - thus there's some of everything and something for everyone. As an independent (and first time writer-director) film, everything fits in well. Besides, it costs what-even less than fifteen bucks. How could you pass this up? Get your head out of mainstream movies for just a little bit and give Boondock Saints a shot.
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Summary: The Saints Salvation
Review: There are few motion pictures which I have any sort of personal attachment to, but I must say that if I hear anyone say this movie is bad, it makes me hurt inside. That, in some odd, almost disturbing way, is how much this movie means to me. It is truely my absolute all time favorite film, justifiably one of Willem Dafoe's most challenging and diverse roles. The tale of brother's quest to rid the world of the evils that man can not, on any normal day, bring to justice for their evils, is one of deep and powerful meaning. The action is superb, and the planning and thoughtful setup of the film from start to finish is indepth and enlightened without being too full of itself. The Brother Saints, with hands tattooed of Latin "truth" and "justice", stand out in my mind as two of the greatest motion picture characters spawned since Arnold first said "I'll be back", or Mel Gibson first dislocated his shoulder in a motion picture. A must-buy, and a must-cherish. Boondock Saints, five gold stars.
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Summary: Boondock Saints
Review: If you liked pulp fiction and resevoir dogs you'll love this movie. It's one of my favorite movies and i could watch it over and over again. The action scenes are great and the movie keeps you in suspense at all times. I suggest you buy this movie now. I'm not just saying this because I'm an irishman from south boston this is a really good movie. I think everybody will enjoy it.
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Summary: Sleeper hit that everyone will want to borrow!
Review: If you got into movies like Reservoir Dogs (although this one is more action packed), you gotta pick this one up! you won't find this for sale at BlockBuster, and you won't find it in your friends room. it didn't get alot of attention, and that's garbage. this movie rocks! the plot twists, the way the characters unfold, and the whole Snatch feel to it is great.... do yourself a favor and hook this one up. you'll feel good having it in your collection!
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Summary: A must for DaFoe fans
Review: DaFoe gives and astonishing performance that is not to be missed! Sean Patrick Flannery gives a brilliant performance as well. The lighting and camera work is astonishing. DO NOT MISS THIS ONE!
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Summary: i just might be wantin a bagel with my coffee...
Review: this is one of the best movies i've ever seen. unfortunately the day i saw it at my friends house we didn't get around to finishing it, and i was extremely upset- so i went out and bought it. this movie is so great, the way they would start from after the scene already happened and go back and go through it step by step was very cool (though a little confusing at first). willem dafoes character was AWESOME- and Rocco was truly "the funny man"- the part with the cat is one of the best parts- so just do whatever you can to SEE this movie
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Summary: Weak White Hats/Black Hats Story/Conflict
Review: I finally got to see this little-known movie, and it's really a B movie that has some "art house" characteristics. It has strengths in some of its style, the choice of omission of scenes that were not needed as they fill the picture, and an interesting technique where the mixing of DaFoe's characters interpretations of the murder scene and what actually happened-- but unlike say traditional Quentin Tarantino films which this movie is supposed to emulate, it does not have enough to simply be about style-- and its message is far too simplistic. I mean the movie simply takes the notion of righteous, heroic vigilantes and elevates them almost to martyrhood. The problem is there's not much substance to the characters-- even DaFoe's gay investigator comes off disappointing. And there are elements of the movie that it hardly probes but simply teases, i.e. one racial/ethnic faction against another-- in this case Irish poor against the Russian mafia-- for all the "heroic" elevations these characters may seem to get, they are after only one type of villain/mobster creating crime in the streets. Then there may even be the possibility that this movie is about manhood/machoism-- I mean DaFoe's character brushes off one of his boyfriends because he is too [openly gay] for him. The fantasy of the two Irish brothers succeeding in their efforts to off the Russian mobsters goes beyond realistic expectations, yet in spite of the experimental nature of the film, seems to insist we are in the "real world" here. And finally, its ending where the media interviews people off the street to ask their opinion of whether our two Irish brothers are heroes or criminals seems silly, since the movie seemed to make them seem heroes throughout (even DaFoe's character seems to be won over them way too easily). So this movie finally lacks a conflict, and as strange as it is to see the two Irish brothers make their offing bad guys a religious ritual, unintentionally makes the audience respond negatively in a post September 11 world (Note: Movie was made two years before 9/11). Two stars for some style, but as for its substance-- we're talking total B-movie territory, maybe even weaker. There's no story here. Just episodic ventures of our heroes (and not even anti-heroes) fighting the Russian mob because they've hurt their turf way too often. They may wear black trenchcoats, but they are actually wearing white hats in your typical weak white hats/black hats plot. Now I finally understand why Sundance, the Independent Film Channel and the regular cable channels did not pick up this movie for so long. There's not much there. Two stars because I still see some promising for filming and production for other types of movies. It at least has some interesting ideas/approaches to film making.
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Summary: Excellent, but.......
Review: I originally saw this movie on the USA network in it's obscenely edited version. I could never find it in any stores, so I ended up downloading a pirated version online... Wow, what a movie... So, I decided to buy it... As I started watching, and as the movie got to the good action scenes I noticed one distinct flaw that TICKED me off... It seems as if the company decided to cut out some of the best gore scenes... Like in the little bar, the "Turkey Shoot," the two guys in the stall in the movie I downloaded got the hell blown out of them with lots of blood, in the DVD version, the blood has been editted out to almost nothing.... Other than that, this is an awesome movie!
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