How long have we waited, my friends? Ten years now, and after a long production process and painful post-production wait, the glorious trailer for Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day has been released to the masses!
As with most first trailers, you’re mainly going to find a lot of eye candy here. You of course get to see the MacManus brothers back in action, you’ll get peeks at returning characters like Il Duce (Billy Connolly), and then you get a taste of the new characters, which includes the new sidekick, Romeo, and Willem Dafoe‘s (who’s not returning) protege, who is hot on the brother’s tails. Oh, and of course, there’s a hell of a lot of shootin’ going on here.
For those of you silly peoples who aren’t familiar with the original 1999 cult classic, The Boondock Saints: it tells the story of two brothers who believe that they do God’s work by dispatching those who are associated with evil, because the justice system doesn’t take care of it. The script was raved about in Hollywood circles, but much complications arose, and the larger studios who were producing it stepped away, leaving up-and-coming director Troy Duffy to find independent financing and make the movie as big as possible on a small budget. The lacking budget can surely be seen in the movie, but it quickly amassed a giant cult following who have literally been rabid for a sequel for the last decade — a sequel they now have.
Click on over for an official plot synopsis and the trailer! Be warned: the trailer is Red Band and semi-NSFW due to a small amount of naughty language, so you will have to prove you are an adult of sorts.
As you’ll see, it looks like Duffy was really true to his word of this movie being for the fans. One of my favorite things is that it even has that B-movie, cult tone to it, even with the bigger budget. Hopefully this means it will be bigger and better in every way, while maintaining that heart and soul the first one has.
The image above appears to be a poster that someone snapped a picture of at a convention. I’m not sure exactly who to credit for the snapshot, but it was found at this forum. Click to go big!
The Boondock Saints: All Saints Day is the highly-anticipated sequel to indie cult classic, The Boondock Saints. The film is the continuation of writer & director Troy Duffy’s tough, stylized cutting edge saga of fraternal twins, the MacManus brothers (Norman Reedus, Sean Patrick Flanery). The two 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, 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., Star Trek) and a sexy FBI operative (Julie Benz, Dexter) hot on their trail!
Trailer
YES. YESYESYESYES. Thank God, yes.
Comment by Laura — September 2, 2009 @ 9:22 pm
I’m not that excited about it but I liked the first one so I will see this one.
Comment by PHiL — September 3, 2009 @ 9:51 am
Can’t wait until it comes out! EXTREMELY EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by Troy — September 5, 2009 @ 5:41 am