'The Boondock Saints' is a crime thriller film written and directed by Troy Duffy. The film stars Sean Patrick Flanery and Norman Reedus as Catholic Irish American fraternal twins, Conner and Murphy MacManus, who become vigilantes after killing two members of the Russian Mafia in self-defense. After a message from God, the brothers, together with their friend David Della Rocco, set out to rid their home city of Boston, Massachusetts of crime and evil; all the while being pursued by FBI agent Paul Smecker (Willem Dafoe).Duffy indicates that the screenplay was inspired by personal experience, while living in Los Angeles.; The film experienced a limited theatrical release of only five theaters for one week, and was met with poor critical reviews. It proved divisive among viewers, ultimately developing both a large cult following as well as enmity from viewers and critics who have called it a film undeserving of cult status. The film's cult following may have been partly due to the... more