Rating  - Good But Not Great
First, let's stop bickering and get one thing out of the way---of course Boondock Saints was influenced by Tarantino and Guy Ritchie films. Anyone who says it wasn't hasn't seen a comedic crime film made in the past decade. That being said, though, Saints does tend to follow its own path. There is far less humor, which may not have been intentional; to me, the jokes just weren't funny. The characters are also, for the most part, far less unique and entertaining. We learned practically nothing about any of the "bad guys" in the film, who ended up being nothing but cardboard cutouts. Dialogue was also fairly weak and the acting could only be called so-so. The character of Rocco, who would have been irritating as only a bit player, was achingly irritating as a main character. The chemistry between the two brothers was good and the action scenes were fairly well done, but otherwsie the only saving grace for this film was Willem Defoe as the over-the-top FBI man. Without his role, this movie would have rated a two at best. As it is, I would label it a watchable---yet forgettable---movie.
Rating  - Awesome Film Deserving its Cult Status
This is one of those truly fun movies that you can watch over and over again.
Those that compare it to pulp fiction don't realize that there are not that many similarities between the two films. The greatness of this film is in
1. The chemistry between the fraternal twin brothers Murphy and Connor. The interaction between the two make up, in my humble opinion, the best, funniest, wittiest and emotionally wrought scenes in the film.
2. The out of stereotype characters that make up the other key players. *there are some stereotypical characters in this film, however, all movies have them, but they are funny and needed * Detective Smecker and Rocco are two original, well acted and interesting guys that add greatly to the film.
3. The fact that the movie doesn't take itself too seriously. You are supposed to laugh, suspend belief and have fun while watching this. You are also going to cringe at the shootouts and get excited during the action scenes which are pretty damn cool.
Most reviewers for this film are guys, but I'm not, and I was tipped off to see this by a girl friend of mine. I immediately went out and got my own copy. I've watched it about 5 times, and keep finding more I like about it every time I watch it again.
Ignore the reviews that say it's a ripoff of Pulp Fiction and just try it for yourself. Personally, I can't wait for the sequel.
Bring on All Saints Day
Rating  - Mindless, unrealistic violence, unconvincing characters, and an amateurish script
Where to begin...
1. The characters are unconvincing, uninteresting, and overused movie stereotypes.
2. The plot barely makes any sense. There is virtually no character development which convincingly explains why two people would go on a killing spree.
3. The story seems to have come from the mind of a pre-pubescent video gamer.
4. A pretentious overtone.
I cant even continue writing this, the entire movie sucked so bad that its too hard to even describe. Watching this was like having 5 other mediocre shoot em ups chewed up and spat out onto a DVD. There is a reason this movie got 20% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Rating - Holy Action!!
The Boondock Saints (italicize), released in 1999, could possibly be described as a "cult flick," since it never saw intense gains at the box office during its theatrical release. However, it is a fantastic drama with both memorable characters and fantastic performances from some up-and-coming Hollywood names.
Sean Patrick Flannery and Norman Reedus star as devoutly Irish Catholic twin brothers, Connor and Murphy McManus, whose chance bar fight with Russian mobsters leads them to killing two peons in self-defense. After spending a night in jail and being released without charges, the two come to believe they are supernaturally appointed to enact God's justice on evil men. A virtual slaughter of vigilantism ensues, with the brothers and their new recruit, David Della Rocco, taking out all that is evil in South Boston. When the killings begin to hit closer and closer to home for infamous mafia don "Papa Joe" Yakavetta, he secures the release of an old family hit man, the mysterious "Il Duche."
Willem Dafoe gives a smashing performance as Paul Smecker , the anomalous FBI agent assigned to investigate the mob-related killings. His uncanny detective skills soon have him hot on the trail of the two brothers, and once Smecker realizes the particular brand of vigilantism the brothers are executing, he must make a choice to either take them down or enable their continuance.
With choppy dramatic sequencing including flashbacks and layered scene cutting, a few critics have compared the style of The Boondock Saints to that of Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction. Some even write it off as a cheap imitation. However, the memorable characters, unique humor and religious twist of The Boondock Saints ensures that it holds its own place in the line of "shoot-`em-up" mobster movies. Don't miss out on the Saints phenomenon.
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