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Shat the Movies: 80's & 90's Best Film Review

The Boondock Saints (1999)

Shat the Movies: 80's & 90's Best Film Review

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Film Reviews, 80s, Shermerhighschool, Sixteencandles, Movies, Tv & Film, Weirdscience, Breakfastclub, Vcr, Johnhughes, Vhs, 90s, Classicmovies

4.61.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2019

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

"The Boondock Saints" went from the hottest script in Hollywood to a pathetic five-theater release, to one of the biggest cult classics of the late '90s. But does Troy Duffy's underground hit film live up to all the hype, or was it just a weird byproduct of an edgy era?

Listener Jim L. from London wired some money across the pond to commission this shoot-em-up episode of Shat The Movies, exposing Big D to his first taste of The Saints in action.

Did you know Duffy originally wanted Mark Wahlberg, Kenneth Branagh, and even Robert De Niro in this movie? Gene did. Did you know there's some lovely side dick? Rog did. Did you know "The Boondock Saints" paved the way for "John Wick" to be made? It's not a fact, but Gene's pretty sure of it.

Also explore whether "The Boondock Saints" is loosely based on Kevin Smith's "Dogma," what constitutes telegraphing homosexuality, and Duffy's surprisingly artistic use of slow motion.


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0:00.0

If you're describing William Defoe in drag as Primo Box, you have to be seriously hard up.

0:07.4

He looked like old Susan Surrandon.

0:09.7

He did not look like somebody you would risk your crime boss getting murdered for.

0:13.2

No, I feel like that's pretty much primo sex worker in Boston, Massachusetts.

0:20.0

I think that's...

0:21.0

Yeah, you might be right.

0:22.0

That's a good-looking woman in Boston

0:23.2

remember when we first met John McLean our god I picked him up from the plane and

0:29.4

took him down the nakatome Tower at the Christmas Party and the terrorists were over

0:35.8

zealous but it was sweet when they killed Ellis and with a little help from

0:41.2

that in John McLean King dies. Welcome back to the Shatt the movies in the podcast where we answer the question

0:46.7

where the movies we love and growing up really that good.

0:48.6

Have you ever got yourself thinking why don't think you make movies like they used to?

0:52.0

Can you so remember spending your Friday night searching for the perfect movie Rental at Blockbuster

0:56.2

video? Do you even remember what Blockbuster video was?

0:58.2

If you answered yes to this, the podcast for you, I'm one of your three co-host, Roger Roper,

1:02.4

and alongside me are me two co-host Roger Roper and alongside me

1:03.6

are me two co-host big D dick ebert good evening and gene the funny man

1:08.5

lions I just wanted a cuddle and each week we take a look back in time

1:13.5

and decide if our favorite film still hold up each week

1:15.4

the audience selects from six movie choices

1:17.7

that we then break out our race car,

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