It’s been talked about for years that Troy Duffy was working on a sequel to the fantastic film, “The Boondock Saints”. I’d been following along until around 2005, when the trail went cold and it seemed all hope for a sequel was gone. Today when I heard the title, I thought this was an internet rumor or a cleverly re-edited YouTube video. (Apparently, this is one Comic-Con revelation that I completely missed)
I realized today how oblivious I’d been when I discovered the kick-a#$ trailer for the new movie, “The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day”.
According to Wikipedia, “The [MacManus brothers] have been in deep hiding in the quiet valleys of Ireland, far removed from their former lives or modern technologies. When word comes that a priest has been killed by sinister forces in the tough underworld of Boston (the Yakavetta Crime Family), they return to mount a violent and bloody crusade to bring justice to those who must now suffer the consequences, with a new partner in crime (Clifton Collins, Jr.) aiding them and FBI Agent Paul Smecker’s Protege (Julie Benz) in pursuit of them”.
After watching this trailer numerous times, (and getting that song stuck in my head!) I am struck by how different Sean Patrick Flannery looks! He did not age as well as his “brother”, played by Norman Reedus. Billy Connolly looks almost no different that he did ten years ago (the first film being released in 1999). The addition of Clifton Collins Jr. (“Sunshine Cleaning”, “Extract”, “Babel”) as “Romeo” is extremely exciting and can only be topped by the cinematic return of Judd Nelson as “Concezio Yakavetta”! I can’t forget to mention Peter Fonda, or that “Rocco” and Ron Jeremy’s character will be making appearances in “dream sequences”. My singular complaint is that Willem Dafoe is missing as the beloved “Detective Paul Smecker”, but we will have his protege “Special FBI Agent Eunice Bloom” played by Julie Benz.
Honestly, just knowing they’re making a sequel made me so pumped up that I could barely focus on the trailer. This leaves me room to gladly ignore the few things that could be called cheesy. On October 30th, 2009 the boys are back to resolve “the indifference of good men” and not a moment too soon!