Review of The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day (2009) by Chris H — 29 Nov 2012

Storied Director Troy Duffy brings back The Saints for the sequel to his cult classic. When a priest is murdered in a way that frames them, ?the boys? return to Boston to bring justice upon the mob forces responsible.

Boondock II picks up ten years after the first with the MacManus brothers (Sean Patrick Flannery and Norman Redus) living a quiet life on an Irish sheep farm. Back in Boston a priest is killed to bring the brothers out of hiding, unfortunately for those responsible this plan works and the brother return to Boston.

All Saints Day employs the same tone as the first with a combination of comedic banter and over the top action; thankfully the production values on the sequel are vastly superior to that of its predecessor.

Overall All Saints Day has everything a fan of the Original will love, the style of seeing the brothers about to pull off a stylish shootout only to cut to the police and have them explain what happens while the scene is going on is back. They have a new sidekick, this time it?s an over the top Mexican named Romeo played by Clifton Collins Jr to add some comedic levity to the scenes. Billy Connolly?s character II Duce/Poppa Mcmanus is given the Godfather II treatment and we learn how he came to start the family business of killing the wicked. The only drawback to the film is Sean Patrick Flannery looks like he had some plastic surgery done which makes it seem like a different actor is playing his character.

Just like the original it won?t do much at the box office but will surely find its audience on DVD. How can you not enjoy a movie that includes dialog such as this gem of a line uttered by Murphy Mcmanus (Norman Reedus) before a memorable shootout ?Time for some gratuitous F@*#king Violence?