The Boondock Saints movie

Fraternal twins set out to rid Boston of the evil men operating there while being tracked down by an FBI agent.

}}The Boondock Saints is a 1999 action crime drama film written and directed by Troy Duffy. The film stars Sean Patrick Flanery and Norman Reedus as fraternal twins Connor and Murphy McManus, who become vigilantes after killing two members of the Russian mob in self-defense. Believing they are on a mission from God, the brothers, together with their friend former mob errand boy David Della Rocco, set out to rid their home city of Boston from the Russian mob and Italian Mafia. Meanwhile, they are pursued by FBI agent Paul Smecker (Willem Dafoe).Duffy wrote the screenplay based on his personal experience of the world around him, including news reports, and seeing a deceased woman being removed from a drug dealers apartment.

The film experienced a limited theatrical release of only five theaters for one week,Filmbreak.bu - review of Overnight documentary on the filming of The Boondock Saints URL accessed 2006-11-28 and was met with poor critical reviews. However, it proved divisive among viewers, developing a large cult following Detroitbuzz.com - Cult Corner - Boondock Saints URL accessed 2006-12-14Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times, wrote in his review of Overnight that The Boondock Saints has become a "cult favorite on DVD".Rogerebert.suntimes.com - Roger Ebert review of Overnight and enmity from viewers and critics who have called it a film undeserving of cult status. - DVDfutue.com - Boondock Saints: Unrated Edition URL accessed 2006-11-28 This following was mostly due to the efforts of Blockbuster Video, which made the film a "Blockbuster Exclusive." The ending credit sequence was shot by Mark Brian Smith, co-director of Overnight, a documentary film about the making of The Boondock Saints, and Troy Duffy himself.PopcornTaxi.com - Overnight URL accessed 2006-11-28 A sequel for the film was originally planned to be released in 2005, though it has yet to materialize due to legal issues.DevelopmentIn 1996, while living in Los Angeles, California, Duffy came home from his job to find a dead woman getting wheeled out of a drug dealers apartment across the hall. Duffy then rented a computer and wrote the screenplay about The Boondock Saints, based on his disgust at what he saw.The film was directed by Duffy, who had moved to Hollywood to break into the music business. He was a bartender at a sports bar called J. Sloans when he wrote The Boondock Saints.

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The Boondock Saints Cast

• Bill Craig
• Billy Connolly
• Bob Marley
• Brian Mahoney
• David Della Rocco
• David Ferry
• Dot Jones
• Layton Morrison
• Norman Reedus
• Richard Fitzpatrick
• Robert Pemberton
• Scott Griffith
• Sean Patrick Flanery
• William Young