Boondock Saints
If movies were on tracks, this one would be a colossal train wreck. I had heard of Boondock Saints from a friend. I knew it was about two fraternal twins roaming the streets of Boston to rid the town of criminals while getting heat from a corrupt fed , a "Prince of Thieves" story line. But, what I got was criminal in and of itself. The two main characters, Conner and Murphy MacManus (Sean Patrick Flannery and Norman Reedus, respectively), become vigilantes after killing two Russian mobsters in (almost comic) self-defense, at a pub, ironically the day after attending mass, as the mobsters announce they intend to take over the land on which the pub stood. Because of this cliche, at first, I thought it was a dark comedy as the brothers bumble around and end up killing the Russians in self-defense. FBI agent Paul Smecker (Willem Defoe) is assigned to the case as the media hails the brothers as neighborhood heroes in stereotypical fashion. But the modest duo turn themselves