# 'Boondock Saints': A Great Movie

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boondock-saints-a-great-movie/31964>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 4, 2000, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boondock-saints-a-great-movie/31964 "2000-09-04T08:57:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![silent\_rob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@silent\_rob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silent_rob)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2000, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boondock-saints-a-great-movie/31964/1 "2000-09-04T08:57:16Z")

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Has anyone else seen this movie? It came out a couple of months ago for rent on video & DVD, and I just saw it. Truly amazing! I loved the movie. So much so that yesterday when I saw a couple of the copies were for sale, “previously viewed”, I picked one up.  
It’s about two Irish Catholic brothers (Sean Patrick Flanery & Norman Reedus) in Boston, who have a spiritual revelation and decide to rid the city of crime. They go on a vigilante killing spree. Willem Dafoe is a brilliant, eccentric, gay FBI agent on their trail. He’s literally _in_ crime scenes as he explains what happened at them. Anyway, he finds himself sympathizing with the criminals. Billy Connolly is also in it, as a hitman for the mob.  
The thing is, I didn’t really hear anything about the movie before I saw it. I heard about it from a friend, and then I told people about it, and now it seems like all of my friends are talking about this movie.  
Anybody else seen this movie?

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**Author:** ![Profane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47774/32.png) [@Profane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profane)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2000, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boondock-saints-a-great-movie/31964/2 "2000-09-04T13:23:47Z")

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I loved it. I just happened to pick it up, and I saw that Willem Dafoe & Billy Conolly were in it. I rented it just for that, and was very pleasantly surprised. I would reccommend it highly. I think I’m going to rent it again tonight. Or you could invite me over, rob 😉

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**Author:** ![silent\_rob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@silent\_rob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silent_rob)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2000, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boondock-saints-a-great-movie/31964/3 "2000-09-04T22:54:48Z")

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> \*Originally posted by lunasea \*  
> \*\*I think I’m going to rent it again tonight. Or you could invite me over, rob 😉 \*\*

Consider this an open invitation, anytime you like. 🙂