Action: 5/5
Comedy: 3/5
Release Style: -1/5
Consistency with the Classic: 3/5
Story: 4/5
Anticipation for the The Boondock Saints III: 5/5

     This movie cost me a lot. Since someone made the executive decision to release a highly anticipated sequal in 300 or so theaters, I had to wait a few weeks to try to see it. After the second round of releases we found a theater that was only 100 miles away. I decided to drive up there with some fellow 2i1c writers and another friend when the curse of looking at the damn oil pressure gague when you were told twenty times not to struck. We broke down, and with my car thoroughly boned, we decided to try again later.

Now onto the movie

     The movie re-unleashes all the hell the MacMannus brothers broke out ten years ago. The murder of a priest brings them from Ireland back to America to kick some more ass. Naturally, since this is a sequal and all, they acquire a new sidekick whose sole purpose is comic relief. Forced comic relief. (See footnote) Fortunately, the "comedy" was a minor set back in a tour-de-force of righteous killing and holy slaying. The movie has strong ties to the original, but there is a clear stylistic difference between the two. Some people are fans of the new saints, but I liked the classic ones better. The story manages to keep true to its roots, and explain what a man is along the way. However, the "Awww shiiiit" ending will hype you up for the third movie nicely.

Overall: 5/5

FOOTNOTE (and potential spoilers):

Dear Troy Duffy and anyone else involved in the writing of The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day,

     How can I put this lightly? DO NOT FORCE COMEDY INTO THE SCRIPT OF EPIC ACTION MOVIES. Romeo was a good sidekick, when his mouth was shut. No other time. None of his lines were too funny, and while they earned a minor chuckle I felt the line being forced into the movie. Stick to the basics. Rocco's speech and the Irish gun dealer earned good laughs, and the lines fit the characters. However, Romeo's "comedy" was indicative of a comic relief character. Epic movies do not need comedic relief. Think back to Scarface, Reservior Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Patton, and a nearly endless list of other epic movies. They will be remembered forever, and see how the comedy works. Sparingly and naturally.

               Sincerely,
               Brainless_munkey