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Norman Reedus and Sean Patrick Flanery reprise their roles as the vigilante killers in “The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day.” |
Troy Duffy’s long-awaited sequel, “Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day,” concocts the same insane blend of gun fetish, inverted religious invocations, bloody killings, giddy stunts, cool sunglasses and ridiculous tattoos as his comical cult action thriller “Boondock Saints” did back in 1999.
Hard-core fans of the original will be in boondock heaven. Everyone else might think of a hotter location.
The execution of a Boston priest brings back the fraternal twin vigilante killers Connor and Murphy MacManus (original stars Sean Patrick Flanery and Norman Reedus), who’ve been on the lam for eight years in Ireland with their gun-toting Poppa (Billy Connolly).
The local mob (look for a crazed, overacting Judd Nelson) trembles with the thought the Boondock Saints have returned to Beantown to start knocking off its members, again.
Taking over for Willem Dafoe’s investigator, FBI Agent Eunice Bloom (a Southern-drawlin’ “Dexter” star Julie Benz) struts into town with stiletto heels and powers of deduction that a “CSI” cast would envy. She has a not-so-hidden agenda in a convoluted plot that has the twins searching for a mysterious mob kingpin called “The Roman” (played by a secret guest star).
There’s never a dull moment in “Boondock Saints II,” and no doubt Duffy’s mix of testosterone, guns and action will find its intended audience. (Read more…)Rated: R (violence, nudity, language). 117 minutes.
Opens Friday, November 13 at local theaters.