(SPOILERS)
The Boondock Saints II, the sequel that people have been waiting for for over a decade. It came, it went, and not many people saw it. The first one was never released in theaters, thus it never made a profit from there. Where it did make its profit was video stores, blockbuster, places like that. Over the past decade, The Boondock Saints have become a cult classic phenomenon. It's to the point where you can walk up to an avid movie goer and say, "what did you think of this scene in the first one" and then continue a conversation with this random stranger. It has helped develop the cult film industry, and in turn, made an enormous name for its self.
Now that I've gotten all the great things about the first film out of the way, it's time to move onto the second film, All Saints Day.
The story starts off with the MacManus Brothers living a quiet life in Ireland (IMDB). They soon receive the news that their beloved priest has been murdered. But worse, someone has tried to frame them for this murder.
They cut their hair, shave their beards, and show us these awesome new tattoos on their back as they shower naked in the barn (I know, I thought it was weird too).
Before you know it, we're swept back up in this familiar tale of the MacManus brothers and they're quest to rid Boston of its scum. Unfortunately that's where the two movies stop. While the first one was hilarious do to the brothers fighting, the practical jokes on each other, and of course the three detectives (Greenly!), All Saints Day tried to go beyond that, and in turn completely out ran it.
The brothers meet a man on a ship named Romeo who quickly takes the place of Rocco. Now in my opinion, this started to kill the movie. They tried to use the same jokes, the same style, but in the end, it didn't work. You can't take all the jokes and shit you do with one character and then move it to another character after he's dead, it just doesn't work.
So they get to Boston and start their killings. While all this is going on, we have learned that Smecker (Defoe) had an apprentice. She's hot, she's violent, and she doesn't work out. In the beginning it's funny to see the detective's nervous ooks, the cheesy attempts to over rule her authority, but eventually it becomes dull and we miss the original.
If you're still watching at this point, you see that a midget has framed the MacManus brothers for the murder. Longer down the line you learn that this was all about things that happened with the MacManus' father, back in the 50's or 60's.
Basically to sum up the rest of the story, the Saints go out to try and help their father in this several decades long fight he's been having with his ex partner. The Saints soon lose their father (or so it seems, we see a hand that looks like his go up in the air at one point) and are thrown in jail.
In the end we realize that Smecker (Defoe) is still alive, just living a quiet life under a different name. And that is basically the great twist at the end. While it may have worked for some, it was whatever for me. By this point in the movie I was board and felt it dragged. Nothing tops the original.
Now I did like a few things about the movie, I'm not all negative. The final battle was fucking awesome. It was five minutes of nothing but pure gunfire, blood, and death. Awesome. I also found one of the mob men funny considering the fact he gets his teeth knocked out immediately. He soon has to wear a head piece and sounds like a freakin idiot for the rest of the time which is hilarious.
In the end, it was a decent movie, but didn't even belong in the same category as the original. It was a decade long project that for many flopped. If Troy Duffy decides to make another one, he better make sure the story is legit like the first one, otherwise people are not going to see it.
**2 out of 4.
Here is the script if you'd like to read it.
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