Boondocks Saints II: All Saints Day Opens!

Opening Friday is The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day. It's been a long ten year road from director Troy Duffy's first The Boondock Saints film to this energetic, kinetic blast of a sequel. Duffy was Harvey Weinstein's golden boy when his script was first given the green light, but the The Boondock Saints, about Irish Catholic brother vigilantes (Sean Patrick Flanery and Norman Redus) being tracked by a wily, gay FBI agent (Willem Dafoe), was barely released in theaters and Duffy's crash and burn odyssey was chronicled in the scathing documentary Overnight (2003). But weirdly, the VHS and DVD of the first film became a giant cult sensation, rented and bought by fervent fans. So here's the sequel, which begins with the death of a priest in Boston that's made to look like the work of the brothers MacManus, who are now safely in Ireland with their father (Billy Connolly). This forces the boys to come back to Boston for revenge, and along the way they hook up with a colorful Hispanic fighter Romeo (Clifton Collins Jr. who's very funny). The real surprise is the new special agent hunting the boys, Eunice (Julie Benz). Benz plays the wimpy wife of Dexter on the Showtime series and is a revelation here as the gun-toting, sexy, hot mama badass. The film is outrageous, over-the-top, violent, stupid, profane and actually lots of fun. With a wild shoot-out finale and many special cameos, this is a real treat for fans.