The Boondock Saints

Monsignor: We must always fear evil men. But there is another kind of evil that we must fear the most, and that is the indifference of good men.
Connor: I do believe the monsignor's finally got the point.
Murphy: Aye.

Finally got around to watching The Boondock Saints.

The low budget movie has sort of a cult following and maybe the best way to describe the movie is Death Wish meets Magnum Force meets Good Will Hunting. The plot is riddled with holes and a suspension of disbelief is a requirement for enjoying the movie but the bottom line is that I'm going to watch it again (so I guess I liked it).

Many of the characters are over the top cliches and much of the acting is over the top as well, the plot is hardly original (see Death Wish and Magnum Force) but the resultant product is stangely unique which is probably why the movie has such a following and why a sequel will be coming out

I loved the fact that Ron Jeremy and Jimmy Tingle both had bit roles in the movie (is it ironic that Jimmy Tingle the comedian has a better porn name than Ron Jeremy the porn star?). One word of warning - if you are offended by bad language then you won't like this movie. It had double the swears than Good Will Hunting and that's saying something!

Following the saga of writer / director Troy Duffy may actually turn out to be the most interesting thing about the movie.