The Boondock Saints

1999

Director: Troy Duffy

Distributor: Indican

Key Elements: Concept, Lines, Music

My Review:

Two extraordinary Boston-Irish brothers have “greatness thrust upon them” and embrace it, becoming violent vigilantes against social vices.

This movie, for me, danced just shy of the line between inspiring and disturbing. At any rate, it's a cult classic ammong college guys.

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Quotes:

• So that that which is good may flourish.
• It’s very easy to be sarcastic about religion. It’s much harder to take a stand.
• Now you will receive us… We do not ask for your poor, or your hungry… We do not want your tired and sick… It is your corrupt we claim… It is your evil that will be sought by us… With every breath we shall hunt them down… Each day, we will spill their blood till it rains down from the skies… Do not kill, do not rape, do not steal, these are principles that every man of every faith can embrace… These are not polite suggestions, these are codes of behavior and those of you that ignore them will pay the dearest cost… There are varying degrees of evil, we urge you lesser forms of filth not to push the bounds and cross over, into true corruption, into our domain… For if you do, one day you will look behind you and you will see we three. And on that day, you will reap it… And we will send you to whatever god you wish.
• And Shepherds we shall be
  For thee, my Lord, for thee.
  Power hath descended forth from Thy hand.
  Our feet may swiftly carry out Thy commands.
  So we shall flow a river forth to Thee.
  And teeming with souls shall it ever be.
  In Nomeni Patri Et Fili …Spiritus Sancti.

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