I'd like to preface this post by saying that there is no particular reason why this movie is the first post. It just happened to be what I have seen most recently, and basically wanted to talk about the most.
For those of you that are fans of the first film, you probably have a pretty good idea of what to expect in its sequel. The Boondock Saints managed to mix action, drama, and comedy in a pretty unique way for the time. It didn't do well with the critics or in the box office, but became a huge cult classic especially among college students around its release. This first film is still very entertaining today, and remains one of my favorite films.
That's where the story should have ended however. I, like most fans of the first film, have been viewing the sequel (which was in production for, like, ever) with a mix of anxiety and excitement. I don't think anyone expected Troy Duffy to be able to pull off anything as entertaining as the first film, but you could tell that he tried. What I mean by 'he tried' is more to say he completely copied elements of the first movie over...and by elements I mean the entire movie.
What made the first film great was because of how silly and yet enthralling it all was. A couple of Irish vigilantes who throw together plans based on what they see in movies, and still manage to get out alive. Their 3rd partner so to speak was Rocco in the first film, and fit in perfectly. He was a character full of heart that was easy to take a liking to, but he was also a complete idiot. Duffy's response to his fans loving Rocco was to try to recreate him with a Mexican named Romeo in the second film who gets practically zero introduction and makes no sense to be partnered up with the brothers.
Some of the scenes from the first film might as well have been copied over directly. The brothers brawling with one another when they are supposed to be hiding (remember the vent scene? Yep, that.) among other things. The villains in the film are barely even introduced, and are not at all frightening or intimidating whatsoever.
Duffy attempts to replace Willem Dafoe's character Paul Smecker with Julie Benz (Rita from Dexter) playing the exact same character named Eunice. Not only is Julie's acting miserable to begin with, the script written for her is absolutely abysmal. The whole movie just comes off as a total joke. Even the characters that are brought back such as the cops that hunt and later assist the brothers in the first movie are completely uninteresting and hard to empathize with.
Honestly, I expected this film to be bad, but this was horrible. This film is one of the worst films I have ever seen. The plot meanders around aimlessly to the point that the viewer has no idea who is doing what and why they're even doing it. I think by the end of the film what surprised me most was that Willem Dafoe even made a cameo in this pile of trash.
Grade: D-
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