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Summary: Great Movie!...
Review: So I'm at a buddy of mine's house and we sit down to watch this. Now I've never even heard of it before, but am pretty open-minded. I was totally blown away!. This is an awsome movie! I would recomend this to anyone who loves action flicks. Plus, It's also funny ...! The deleted scene "Mam calls from Ireland" (or something like that) is without a doubt the funniest thing in the movie and really should have been left in. Awsome movie, 'nuff said.
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Summary: Please do your research before you buy
Review: The back of this movie says "fans of reservoir dogs and pulp fiction will thrill to the action." I couldn't find this to be less true. Reservoir dogs and pulp fiction were great movies. I also enjoyed Snatch and lock stock. If you like these movies, you should know that boondock saints is nowhere close to what these movies are like. First off, bad, bad acting. Willem Dafoe was just terrible. He has his moments, but most of the movie, he drove me insane. Sean Patrick Flanery, and Norman Reedus made the movie all right, but still it wasn't anywhere close to good acting. The plot tries to be like resevoir dogs but falls way short. It is not smart, and quite predictable. The soundtrack is decent, but nothing as good as the movies I listed above. There are some clever scenes, but all in all the movie is just awful. I didn't like it the first time I watched it. I tried to watch it a second time just in case I missed something which made the movie good. I didn't and it was even worse the second time I watched it. I had to turn it off, and I will never put it back in my dvd player again. I truly wish I could return this movie, and I would warn people to do your research and ask other people who have seen it for their oppinions on the movie.
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Summary: wow
Review: I was first introduced to this movie three years ago. Since then, I have bought multiple copies, given them away as gifts, and cherished my own. Over the years, I have held multiple showings of this film, and have really only met 4 or 5 people who haven't enjoyed it. This might be in part due to the folks I'm showing to of course - mostly college age kids, and friends of my brother... - Those who have objected to the film have done so on moral grounds. Either they feel there is too much violence, or they feel that the film itself does not present a good moral message.
As for the violence, there IS a lot in the film. And a lot of swearing. But I feel that the violence definitely plays a role in the film, and isn't exessive.
The moral in the story... well, there really isn't one. I think the movie is to make you THINK. It isn't black and white, and that's the point. Just watch it and you'll see!Plus, this movie has magical powers. I swear. The number of people who have gotten dates out of this film is just mindblowing. :)
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Summary: {Junk]
Review: Embarrassing to our cinema, our creativity, and our culture, that so many people have "just loved!" this movie. MY GOD!! this movie is such garbage,...grow up, stop raving about this pretentious [stuff]. There is no intelligence to this film, nothing original except maybe the gaul the filmmakers have for taking credit for it. Absolutely sad.
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Summary: vengence
Review: And shepherds we shall be.
For thee, my Lord, for thee.
Power hath descendeth forth
from thy hand, that our feet
may swiftly carry out thy
command.So we shall flow a
river forth to thee and teeming
with souls shall it ever be.
E Nomini Patri, E Fili,
E Spiritu Sacti. The prayer of Saints at least in this movie it is. This movie is great and will leave you wanting more fortunately for us the writer is in the middle of writing a second movie. This movie is a great shooter movie with great dialogue and great actors. The way we are walked through a shooting by FBI agent Smecker. The McManus brothers are played by two great actors Sean Patrick Flanery and Norman Reedus. The chemistry between these two is great you can actually see them being brothers.
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Summary: Do Not Waste Your Time
Review: I saw this movie based on the recommendation of a friend, but was sorely disappointed. The only strength of this film is the outstanding performance of the always-great Willem Dafoe. Still, his part, along with all the other characters, is poorly-written and underdeveloped. Hardly any background info is given. The premise of the story is weak and the movie contains many inconsistancies which are never explained. Why this film became a cult classic escapes me, but it can probably be traced to the excessive violence and low budget that led to comparisons with Reservoir Dogs. The major difference is that Reservoir Dogs had a smart script and an interesting,engaging plot that went somewhere. Boondock Saints starts off in the same place it ends up : nowhere.
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Summary: Great movie, but this DVD is censored....
Review: When I first saw this obscure film by Troy Duffy, it was on VHS from a local store. I thought I was renting a B action flick..I mean, why else would it be straight to video? How wrong I was. This movie is at the top of its genre. Many write it off as a wannabe Tarantino film, but the movie is quite different from Reservoir Dogs or Pulp Fiction, as it has many more comedic elements as well as intelligence and wit. Willem Dafoe is EXCELLENT in his role, being calm and collected one minute then a raving homosexual lunatic on the other. The film is very well casted, and Ron Jeremy even makes a cameo as Vincenzo. The film was originally picked up by Miramax and budgeted for huge release, but they wanted to cast Stallone instead of Dafoe...Stallone? Troy Duffy took his script elsewhere, and Franchise Pictures gave him more freedom, and I think it was a great descision on Duffy's part. It's just too bad the film never got a wide realease, even though the cult following has become huge worldwide. I would give this DVD 5 stars, but I cannot. I was very [mad]with this DVD. Two of the most superbly filmed action sequences were cut down in this U.S. version to avoid an NC-17 rating. It truly ruined the film for me. The scene where they drop from the ceiling and dispose of the Russian Mob had slow motion blood trails and bodies getting hit and flying. CUT OUT. The U.S. version looks pathetic, and it looks like they drop from the ceiling and the Russians just fall and die. Then theres the bar scene where Rocco shoots the two henchmen and the barkeep. The original had the guy getting shot in the head, blood spewing, the second guy getting hit in the chest. CUT OUT. The U.S. version shows no blood at all. It's just sad. There are so many other films that are way bloodier but still get a R rating. I was really upset that Boondock was censored for this DVD. It's like listening to a song with a million bleeps in it for censorship...who can be happy with that. The movie is a 5. The DVD is not. The versions in Europe are uncut, but they are region 2, so you have to have an all-region player to view it in the U.S. There have been talks about an NC-17 version being released, but nothing official. I bought the DVD because I love the movie and wanted the deleted scenes and commentary, but am displeased with the censorship. If you've never seen the uncensored version then you probably won't care, but fans who have seen the uncut version will be very disappointed.
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Summary: Under rated, Under marketed, Total GEM
Review: This movie is an under rated masterpiece. If you like shoot'em up action, it works. If you like movies with a morality tale, it works. If you like action comedy, it works. I read an interview with one of the Duffy brothers, and he said that making this movie was easy, because he "saw" the whole thing in his head. We happen to be lucky enough to live close by the bar where all these guys used to hang out, and ran into "Rocco" one night. All we could do was thank him for such a fantastic movie. I also heard pretty reliable scoop that they are making another one! Anyway - It's really a shame that this movie didn't get the marketing it deserved. It is so smart, morally challenging, funny and well written, it should be a must see for everyone. The interviews at the end of the movie sum up the mixed feelings that everyone would have, where this really to happen. The cast is just simply marvelous. Willem DeFoe should have seen Oscar for this role. The flash backs are well done, and you don't loose the point with them. They really flesh out the story. I know that this is kind of a "guy" flick, but all my girlfriends LOVE this film. You walk away quoting lines from the script, and they stick. This movie sticks. A Must Must Must SEE!
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Summary: Wow, just WOW
Review: I never heard of this movie before a friend of mine said "Here watch this movie, you will love it". Well he is right I did, and I watch it almost weekly now to see new things. The acting is key to this movie id say, William Dafoe Does an outstanding job playing his gay role as an FBI Agent. The great thing about this movie is that you see scenes in reverse. What do I mean? I mean say a killing happens, you see the body laying there, Dafoe's take on it, then what actually happens. Its great, Buy it...
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Summary: Great Cast, Great Film. . .
Review: In the same vein as, and in the grand tradition of Pulp Fiction, Resivior Dogs, and Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels, this movie is as violent as it is fun. The two lead characters (Readus, and Flannery), are out to rid their nieghborhood of bad men, namely the Russian Mofia. The William Defoe character is classic. . . The tough, gay man. Absolutly classic. Well worth the normal price of a DVD, a steal at the under 15 dollar price tag. . .
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