Review: The Boondock Saints

Review: With "The Boondock Saints" I have to admit a was reasonably surprised. This is because I'm normally a person who completely opposes violence and movies that involve the whole, gangsters/mafia and guns.

However, with The Boondock Saints, there is the age old question thrown into a modern day scenario, should violence be solved with violence? This idea is explored as the two irish brothers, Connor (Sean Patrick Flanery) and Murphy McManus (Norman Reedus), are thrown into an unfamiliar situation that they are fortunate to leave as the victors, within the urban rundown surroundings of Boston.

This unfortunate event leads both Conner and Murphy into a world that they had not imagined, turning them not only into a position that some would refer to as god, making the decisions of life and death, but also as angels for condemning those who desire to break the law repeatedly, with the cruel harsh punishment of death.

The first Russian mob hit, is one that falls into their path by looting the Russian Mafia Soldiers that attack them, and receiving notification of where the next meeting will be. From then onwards, they rely on their good friend Rocco for information, a mob runner for a local gang.

The new found hope within Boston, is soon terrorizing the gangsters and striking fear into mobsters, whilst questioning the police force by performing their jobs but to the extreme.

Once of the most profound aspects of The Boondock Saints has to the be the depth of religion that the Mcmanus brothers follow, that portrays its way into The Boondock Saints very well through prayer and the few select scenes set within religious surroundings. The gangsters enemy, delivered from the hands of religion, through the desire to create peace with violence... is the best way to sum up The Boondock Saints.

Story line aside, the movie is set within urban surroundings and deals with situations that do not stretch your mind to far from what is reality, and this is possibly the reason why The Boondock Saints is so mind gripping.

My opinion is that The Boondock Saints will not only be very high on my favorite movies list for a long time, but that it will become/remain a cult classic for a long time to come. The Boondock Saints deserves all 5 stars.

Originally posted on Edd The Zombie by Sycrid