The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day [Blu-ray] | ![The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51BnuXtKZqL._SL500_.jpg) | Actors: Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus, Billy Connolly, Clifton Collins Jr., Julie Benz
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Rating:  54 reviews
Sales Rank: 48
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: Blu-ray
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 118 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 5.3 x 0.4
MPN: 33058
UPC: 043396330580
EAN: 0043396330580
ASIN: B002UNMWAG
Theatrical Release Date: 2009
Release Date: March 9, 2010 (New: Last 30 Days)
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Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 03/09/2010 Run time: 117 minutes Rating: R
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A cult phenomenon returns with The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day. The vigilante MacManus brothers (Sean Patrick Flanery and Norman Reedus, reprising their roles from the first movie) have retired to Ireland, but a copycat killing of a Boston priest brings them back to dish out their unique brand of quasi-spiritual justice. The story line doesn't differ much from the first movie; the brothers have a new sidekick (Clifton Collins Jr., Capote) and a new pursuer, FBI agent Eunice Bloom (Julie Benz of Dexter, striving to take the place of Willem Dafoe from the original), but it's basically a series of shootouts in which the brothers pop up "unexpectedly" and blast a bunch of cartoonish criminals to pieces. The Boondock Saints was not a good movie, but it had a weird, unique energy--you couldn't tell if the movie took itself so seriously that it was ludicrous or if it was mocking itself while reveling in its absurd extravagances. All Saints Day has the same ridiculous swagger and baroque macho dialogue, but this time the spark is missing (with the exception of Collins, who brings all his dependable live-wire energy). Some cult fans will be disappointed, but others will still find things to enjoy. Also featuring Scottish comedian Billy Connolly (reprising his role as the elder MacManus), Judd Nelson (The Breakfast Club), and Peter Fonda (Easy Rider). --Bret Fetzer
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 Action, Action, Action March 22, 2010
Catherine Wienckowski (northport NY)
This one is slow to get going, but the second half was better than the first. The boys look
alot older and not so "boyish". Great ending. I do think the first one was better, but this was
enjoyable.
 Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day March 21, 2010
Haunted Flower (Indianapolis)
In honor of St. Patrick's Day yesterday, I decided to finally view this movie to find out if it had much in common with its successful cult classic predecessor. This movie made me almost forget everything I enjoyed about the original. If you are an incredibly devoted Boondock Saints fan, you'll probably love this movie because of all the throwback themes of the brothers screwing up on the way to their missions and the willingness of bad guys to stay kneeling in one spot while they are prayed at before being executed.
For the more casual observer, this is one of the most ridiculous over-the-top B movies I've seen in a long time. So much that I had to look up and confirm that yes, this movie was also written and directed by Troy Duffy, the same man who did the first one. Only 8 years have passed in movie time, but 10 years have passed in real life. Connor and Murphy are still played by Sean Patrick Flanery and Norman Reedus, but they look much older now! The stuff they got away with looking like kids just doesn't play as well now that they are in their 40s! There's just no hiding how weathered they look. When you're making big mistakes at their age, they just look incompetent and it isn't as much fun when it feels so sad.
Unique and honest moments in the first film that became quotable and memorable as a result did not happen here. So much felt forced, profanity for profanity's sake led to a trio of cops sounding more like the Three Stooges than law enforcement. They added a Mexican to their team complete with lots of stereotyping and his eyes bug out of his head so badly, I guess he must be the comic relief. But to what? The whole thing feels like a comedy, the drama almost never gets over.
Let's start with the beginning. The brothers are shepherding on a sheep farm in Ireland with their father and have grown almost Moses-like hair in matching brown. Wow. After a copycat kills a priest in the same style the Saints did, they feel the need to go to America to confront them. This results in a lot of dead people.
Willem DaFoe's successor is FBI Special Agent Eunice Bloom played by Julie Benz whom you might remember as Darla from the Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel TV Series. A lot has changed in her appearance but she shows up with a saucy Southern accent to prove how dumb (as if we needed the help, they can barely form sentences) the Three Stooges of law enforcement are by explaining the crime scenes as DaFoe once did. She lacks his charm and charisma and comes off as you-can't-touch-me diva with an attitude so hard-as-nails that you never really warm to her character. Her accent does not make her seem more intelligent, just saucy. But I'm sure guys will warm to something else about her like the long legs and insane heels made for street walking.
The movie gets a little better when their father joins in played by Billy Connolly shows up to be dramatic with an old foe. The flashbacks of his youth don't add very much to the story and when you find out the big reason behind all this blood and violence, you'll probably feel pretty annoyed as I was.
The action feels similar, that whole disorganized randomness that results in precision headshots and criminals willing to hold still and wait for their death.
Overall, this movie feels very disappointing and takes away from the greatness of the original by association. I really need to go rent the first one again to remind myself what I liked because this felt so wrong.
 It Should Have Been Better March 20, 2010
Lao T. Sue (Virginia)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Just watched the movie; was a big fan of Saints I. It pains me to say that while it's watchable, it's ultimately cartoonish and overdone. The brothers' relationship is taken for granted, and they are moved through obligatory gunplay like pieces on a board. The humor between them and their Mexican sidekick is phony and overdone, and his character is never clear. And Peter Fonda's accent sucks. He obviously didn't take much time preparing for his role, as limited as it was. Don't get me wrong -- the movie wasn't terrible, but it could -- and should -- have been so much better. I watch the original every so often. I don't think I'll watch this one again.
Awful March 20, 2010
Amy
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
Wow! I think this just cracked my top 5 worst movies of all time. Right up there with Last Action Hero. Terrible!!! I couldn't even finish watching. I loved the first one though. Wow just wow.
Terrible, just terrible... March 18, 2010
Addy (Arizona, usa)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Now I'm a fan of the first film and was very excited, like many others, to hear of a sequel in the making. Funny thing is almost every sequel ever made is complete crap and this movie is no different. I need to stop getting excited when I hear of a sequel coming because they are nothing more than let downs.
Anyway, on to the movie. After watching only 3 minutes of this movie I was shaking my head in shame and throughout the entire movie thinking about leaving, though I decided to stay just in case it got better, it didn't. The movie opens with the brothers in Ireland as shepherds with guns for herding sheep of course, lighting cigarettes in unison with manly unkempt beards on horseback. It seemed like the director was trying to go for an 'epic' scene here, where he introduces the brothers and was hoping the audiences reaction would be excitement upon seeing the brothers and their long awaited return to the screen. This completely backfired and as the scene continued on it only got worse and worse. By the time the movie title appeared on screen, I knew I was in store for cheesy script writing, poor acting, and a terrible story.
The movie continues on and the brothers, all within 5 minutes, are already on their way back to the U.S., fully armed, hair and face cleaned up, and ready to kick some ass and take names. They are on what appears to be a cargo ship and as you all know, every cargo ship has late night fights in the cargo bay and grim looking men baiting the fighters on, taking bets, etc. On the ship the brothers encounter this 'crazy fast' fighting Mexican that is 'so fast', you wouldn't believe how fast he was...and how cheesy the whole idea was. They tried to make the Mexican seem like a complete bad ass in this scene, yet they never actualize this concept, in fact for the rest of the movie hes quite the opposite. The director just threw him on the back burner to be a stand in Rocko, clumsy, moronic, knows nothing, more annoying, following the brothers around, just fail.
I don't think I want to continue this review, it's really not worth the time to review it, I'm just going to stop. Overall the movie is riddled with lousy jokes, a woman with a very annoying western accent that tries to fill the shoes of Willem Dafoe but utterly fails, shoddy acting especially with the police actors and the 'crazy fast' Mexican, horrible storyline, and cheesyness explodes out in EVERY scene. I think the biggest problem with this film is that the director and writers were trying too hard to mirror image the original film, not focusing much on the movie having its own identity. I feel like the movie was just a terrible remake of the first, the actors/actress not having their own roles but rather filling the roles of their predecessors in the first film, everything is a testimony to it being a shadow of a great film, but collapses under its own short comings. In the end the movie suffered and just comes off as a crappy sideshow that never should have been.
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