#daviddellarocco

[adamwatchesmovies]

The Boondock Saints (1999)

Following a troubled release, The Boondock Saints became a cult classic. I don't get it. This is an ugly, sloppy, poorly written film with a dubious message. It’s a blatant knock-off of Quentin Tarantino that misses the mark on everything that makes his films good.

Connor (Sean Patrick Flanery) and Murphy (Norman Reedus) MacManus are devout Christian, Irish-American fraternal twins who have an epiphany after a brutal fight. They believe God has sent them on a mission to kill every wrongdoer in Boston. Accompanied by their friend, a mob henchman named David “The Funny Man” Della Rocco (David Della Rocco), they embark on their crusade.

Even if you're sold on the premise that due process, imprisonment, police procedure, and trials merely get in the way of true justice, this film is still an airplane made of concrete. The only difference between the two thinly written protagonists is Connor's obsession with action movies, with Murphy being the more hot-headed, slightly more intelligent of the two. Those distinguishing traits pay off in exactly one scene, right at the beginning. Otherwise, they look the same, act the same, and use the same weapons.

Your leads are boring and the side characters fare no better. Willem Dafoe plays a gay FBI agent who struggles with his desire to see the MacManus brothers' criminal victims dead and his duty as a lawman. The film ruins any potential he would've had by having the man chew scenery like he’s going to die if he doesn’t eat all of it, culminating in a scene that's so embarrassing to watch it makes you want to put a gun barrel to your temple. Everybody else is either uninteresting or so forgettable you can hardly tell the difference between their live and dead selves.

Several scenes are ripped right out of 1994's Pulp Fiction, but minus anything that made them interesting. There’s an accidental gun discharge that isn't the least bit funny (it's actually unsettling when you think about it), there’s plenty of dialogue that wishes it was profound. The way scenes transition from one to another, even the fonts used are ugly.

The worst thing about Boondock Saints is that it doesn’t anger or bore you. It makes you depressed. This film is about two serial killers who believe their rampage is justified because they are murdering criminals. They’ll wait until your kids leave the house and they won’t kill your wife, but you, they’ll torture, terrorize, and execute without mercy. Justice isn’t looking at someone in a porno theatre and saying “that guy is a pervert, he deserves to die”. It’s not running into a room and gunning down everyone in it because they're associated with a bad person. There isn’t a moment in the brothers' heads where they wonder “If we kill every murderer in the city, will that really clean it up? What does it say about us that if we go on like this, we’ll have killed more people than anyone else in Boston?”

That's no reason to be sad. Merely to discredit the film as "good". “Written and Directed by Troy Duffy”. That's a reason to be sad. This man has only directed two films, this one, and its sequel. He admits the film was born out of outrage and that the middle was just "cool shit", with the intent to give everyone a way to experience his "sick fantasy". I’m all about using art to express yourself and exorcise your inner demons, but when you create a film that’s this obsessed with violence and you never produce anything else, it gives you reason to worry.

With big plot holes, ridiculous developments, flat characters, questionable morals, and a plot that feels like it was written by a 13-year-old, The Boondock Saints is a dreadful watch. I'd like to think this is the kind of movie whose fans REMEMBER enjoying it and then discard upon a rewatch. (On Blu-ray, February 26, 2016)

[lisafran-twd]

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[thisisjimmystar]

#blastfromthepast #boondocksaints #thewalkingdead #normanreedus #jimmystarbrand #daviddellarocco #jimmystarsworld #worldstarpr https://www.instagram.com/p/CGphA3LH6qm/?igshid=1mi8e7al5a90n

[nutmeg-smithy-165]

Time for my yearly tradition of Boondocks Saints and Pack! #theboondocksaints #normanreedus #seanpatrickflannery #daviddellarocco #1moresleep #wildwoodwildwoodnj https://www.instagram.com/p/CEzn9bPjC_I/?igshid=1wq80cxmuiczh

[rainbowcolored7]

Got lucky enough to meet these awesome people today at #walkerstalkercon. Wish I had had more money so I could have really gotten a chance to chat. Photo ops are always too quick! Had a great time though. 💖 #normanreedus #seanpatrickflanery #daviddellarocco #boondocksaints

[rondeleon]

THROWBACK PHOTO: this was taken in January 2010. Where I got to meet Rocco From the boondocks Saints one and tw from the boondocks Saints 1 and 2. His real name is David Della Rocco. He is one of the nicest people in Hollywood and the Acting word. I wish he gotten more movie and tv roles after Boondock Saints. #hollywood #boondocksaints #boondocksaints2 #daviddellarocco #throwbackphoto #selfie (at Busby's East) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzMgHa0nhsA/?igshid=ycho44bu6h67

[beaztmodeny-blog]

Tonight at 7:00pm we’re live with #boondocksaints very own #daviddellarocco where all those Boonedocks peeps at! Bring your questions and get your answers! See you all soon!! #twdfamily #ftwdfamily #bmnyfamily https://www.instagram.com/p/BuUl8qrBxqb/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=aqnfyx4gz5tu

[trans-transformer]

My autograph collection so far #anthonycarrigan #victorzsasz #gotham #davidprowse #starwars #darthvader #tompayne #twd #thewalkingdead #mightymorphinpowerrangers #katthepinkranger #pinkpowerranger #theboondocksaintstrio #theboondocksaints #daviddellarocco #seanpatrickflanery #normanreedus @bigbaldhead @spflanery

[unseelieprincess347]

David Della Rocco is so cool #comiccon #signing #autograph #boondocksaints #daviddellarocco #joker #cosplay #rhodeislandcomiccon

[nutmeg-smithy-165]

Met David Della Rocco from Boondock Saints! #walkerstalkernewjersey #walkerstalker #daviddellarocco #boondocksaints (at New Jersey Convention and Exposition Center)

[ivanphone-blog]

#BoondockSaints is about as festive as I get on#stpatricksday. #troyduffy #normanreedus #seanpatrickflanery #billyconnolly #daviddellarocco (at Tucson, Arizona)

[walkingwizardtribute]

#walkerstalkerphilly17 was absolutely amazing!!! #spf #seanpatrickflanery #daviddellarocco #bds #boondocksaints (at Greater Philadelphia Expo Center at Oaks)

[sockstobed]

Guess what time it is!!! Damn right #boondocksaints !! #eringobrag #macmanusbrothers #stpatricksday #stpattysday #willemdafoe #SeanPatrickFlanery #NormanReedus #DavidDellaRocco #BillyConnolly #namelogy

[darthtalon89]

#TheBoondockSaints #TheBoondockSaintsfilm #TheBoondockSaintsMovie #vigilante #action #thriller #TroyDuffy #SeanPatrickFlanery #NormanReedus #ConnorMacManus #MurphyMacManus #RussianMafia #FunnyMan #DavidDellaRocco #crime #evil #PaulSmecker #Willem Dafoe #BillyConnolly https://www.instagram.com/p/BvImmH8H0ip/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1n2jj9rccqlha

[unseelieprincess347]

This is guy is my spirit animal #daviddellarocco #boondocksaints #cosplay #comiccon #joker #dc #photoop #autograph #rhodeisland

[nutmeg-smithy-165]

So I convinced my mother to watch Boondocks Saints with me. Winnie is watching with us too! @bigbaldhead @spflanery #theboondocksaints #boondocksaint #normanreedus #seanpatrickflanery #daviddellarocco https://www.instagram.com/p/BzCO4yfnM8q/?igshid=105jlyizg5ulx