If you're Irish Catholic, a male, and an asshole, chances are you've seen and cherished "The Boondock Saints." The straight-to-dvd hit of nine years ago developed an infamous reputation, partly because it was yet another proudly inept slice of post-Tarantino crime film nihilism with an added layer of sexism and racism on top. We forget who it is, but someone with a good head on their shoulders suggested "Boondock Saints" was the type of movie Ed Wood would make had he grown up in modern-day Boston and was raised on crime pictures. How did this eyesore become a cult phenomenon? Bad taste is evidently a wide spreading infection? Or nerds just can't get enough cheap and sloppy fourth-rate Tarantino? (it's kind of like saying Creed is your favorite '90s grunge band with a straight face).
Whatever the case, enough fans rented the movie to make "Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day" the first ever sequel to a direct-to-disc title debuting onscreen, unless here's a "Mansquito" tentpole we don't know about. The film hits tomorrow on only 68 screens, but that's 68 too many. The original is a serious contender for the worst film we've ever seen, and director Troy Duffy didn't do himself any favors by playing a monster portraying a maverick genius in the documentary "Overnight."
Duffy claims, rightly, that he was eviscerated unfairly by the filmmakers behind "Overnight," but that neglects to take into account that the footage captured for the doc essentially captures an ugly, violent, vulgar person who lorded his unpleasantness over others, all the while making some terrible music in the process. Today, Duffy seems a bit more relaxed and a bit more calculating in his miscalculated misanthropy— in this recent interview with Movieline, he passes the buck regarding the second film's casual homophobia while discussing plans for a third "Boondock" film. It's all clever window-dressing for the fact that you'd have to be a literal bad person to bring "Boondock Saints" into this world.
For those of you who want to be open-minded about a crime film featuring a wild supporting turn from Clifton Collins Jr., feel free to sample the beginning of the sequel right here. Click away and you'll be transported to a wonderful world of cartoonish caricatures, terrible rock music and ill-advised nudity. You've been warned.
10/30/2009
'Boondock Saints II': Humanity Zero
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9 comments:
"It's kind of like saying Creed are your favorite '90s grunge band with a straight face."
This is brilliant. I may have to borrow this to insult people who rave about Boondock.
Superb writing.
Keep it up.
The opening sentence of this review is perfect.
"it's kind of like saying Creed is your favorite '90s grunge band with a straight face"
ahahahhahahahaha. the Ed Wood thing was gold too. Seriously, Troy Duffy needs to burn. Spend your money on Overnight instead, which is about Troy Duffy and is one of the best documentaries about stardom ever made.
Also, Duffy's claim that it was a smear job is fucking laughable. it's not like they invented any of the footage, all of it was real and actually happened. the camera doesn't lie.
Liking the movie or not is your choice, I remember the original but it didnt make much of an impression. If you're going to shit on something, at least be man enough to choose a name and not go by anonymous. Thats really original comparing something shitty to Creed, was Linkin Park too hard for you to type? Have fun in your moms basement listening to your Arcade Fire bootlegs.
You are simply retarded for this review, you obviously don't have taste in movies.
Sorry to upset the applecart in this smashfest, but I loved Boondock Saints and the sequel. Yes, I am Irish, no, I'm not a guy, and yes, I can be a bit of an asshole when provoked.
I loved the characters in this, glad they brought them back for the sequel, and the music was great.
So feck off!
If you really wanna know why people love the boondock saints it's b/c everyday I watch innocent people die who had families and nothing being done about it. Troy Duffy is showing what everyone has thought about doing to protect their innocent families from criminals, asshole. Chances are you're sitting on ur ass somewhere not understanding what real fuckin people go through. If ou wanna be a good writer try getting both sides of the story, bitch.
Hey! im irish, im a guy and im an asshole but dont bash on something you obviosly have no back ground of understanding for. So u can keep writing reviews out of ur basement while real people live real lives,ill keep watching boondocks saints!!
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