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A low-budget Tarantino knockoff, The Boondock Saints (2000) flopped miserably in theaters but has since won a cult following on video—sustained, no doubt, by the documentary Overnight (2003), which chronicled the showbiz rise and fall of Saints mastermind Troy Duffy. After nine years, Duffy has coughed up a sequel, and like the first movie it's energetic, proudly juvenile, and reverently derivative. Norman Reedus and Sean Patrick Flanery return as the two Irish immigrant brothers who launched a wave of Catholic-themed vigilante justice in South Boston in the first movie; now living quietly in Ireland, they come out of hiding to avenge the murder of a priest back in the States. Part of the Saints' M.O. is to pray over the baddies they execute, and Duffy follows a similar impulse, running through the macho cliches as if they were a catechism. With Billy Connolly, Clifton Collins Jr., Julie Benz, and Peter Fonda. R, 118 min.

Official Site: www.sonypictures.com/movies/boondocksaints2
Director: Troy Duffy
Writer: Troy Duffy
Producer: Chris Brinker and Don Carmody
Cast: Julie Benz, Judd Nelson, Sean Patrick Flanery, Clifton Collins Jr., Norman Reedus, Billy Connolly, Peter Fonda, David Della Rocco, Bob Marley and Daniel DeSanto

Sorry there are no showtimes for Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day on Tuesday, February 9.

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