WTF Happened to The Boondock Saints?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.พ. 2025
- The Boondock Saints became a giant cult hit when it hit home video and, indeed, is a movie both loved and hated on this site. The film seemed to come out of nowhere. No one seemed to remember its theatrical run, but word of mouth soon made this film a huge underground hit. Why was this film so unknown? A multitude of factors played into the film's mystery. Bad timing for the release, possibly bad word of mouth from a very famous studio head, and the biggest problem with the whole thing, the writer/director - Troy Duffy.
In this episode of WTF Happened to this Movie, which is written by Bryan Wolford, edited by Cesar Gabriel and narrated by Mathew Plale, we dig into how this troubled, initially obscure DTV movie became a cult sensation.
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"I can't walk to the store to buy a pack of smokes without running into 9 guys you fucked!" is still one of the greatest lines in movie history
Abso-fucking-lutely BRUTAL burn.
Your precious what bitch? You tell me that cats name and I'll blow my fkn brains out.
Sssskippy
Awwww Jesus, what color was it bitch?
Lmao
I still yell this out from time to time 😂
Oh what color was it bitch?
DEFINITELY
The Toilet jump from the building with the techno track as he jumps is fantastic.
everywhere i looked i saw bad reviews of this movie, and i put off watching it for so long. but one day i was bored and finally did and i loved it, it was such a fun time man, idc what anyone says, i think this movie is awesome, it doesn’t take itself too seriously or anything.
THERE WAS A FIREFIIIIIGHT!!!!
SMECKER: _"How many bodies, Greenley?"_
GREENLEY: _"Eight. Ah, sh!t! I forgot about that one. Nine! Nine?"_
SMECKER: _"While Greenley's out getting coffee, anybody else want anything?"_
Onion bagel. Cream cheese.
fucking classic. i heard them say these lines in my head as i read it loll
9 symbolism all over in the film
@@limitlessenergy369 So what's the symbology?
This being a Blockbuster exclusive explains why the guys at blockbuster were pushing this one back in the day when I was first getting into Cult films.
Boondock Saints was one of those movies where my much younger self thought it was “awesome af”. I also credit it for beginning my journey into really appreciating Willem Dafoe. And then I saw the sequel and hated it. Then I revisited the original and while I didn’t hate it as much as the sequel, I also wouldn’t wish Rocko on my worst enemy.
...Oh, the sequel SUCKED 👎
The sequel was sort of try hard and pretty cringey in spots. The tone wasn't quite right. I dont hate it , I feel like some clever editing could make it significantly better without changing much.
The sequel was destined to fail. They killed off rocko. He may have just been a secondary protagonist, but he was easily the star of the movie
I dont get why people hate the 2ed so much!, it was entertaining !
"as much as the sequel" so you still hated it? i dont get why people like you like to pretend they have matured always specifying " was much younger when i liked it" trying to justify yourself to your moronic pretentious surroundings "oh no i dont like it anymore im a intellectual" 0 back bone
One of my favorite films, it strikes the perfect balance of humor, action, and style. Plus super memorable and likable characters.
Agreed, 100%
I actually got to work a local premiere of BS 2. Norman, Sean and Troy were all there for a Q&A after the movie. For those that might not know, Julie Benz takes over the William DaFoe-type role. A kid in the crowd asked Duffy for her number. Troy then dials it and hands the kid his phone. Kid turned ghost white, lol. She didn't answer, but then a voice from the back of the theater chimes up moments later, "Hunny, it's Julie!" She called back Troy's wife. Julie then joined the Q&A on speakerphone. It was a fun time. The guys were all cool, but Troy definitely had a cockiness about him. My buddy and I have a photo of the five of us giving the camera the finger. Seemed appropriate. 😆
20 years ago, this movie was hyped by every dude-bro on the planet.
Dude-bro's love Willem Dafoe crossdressing
Pretty much. I bought it bc a dozen people mentioned it to me in one day. Lol.
@Rattbones this is why he's the best Jesus (another movie).
@@tecpaocelotl "You gotta see it bro! You gotta see it!" That's what everyone was saying. So I was expecting this great B movie like Evil Dead 2 or Dead Alive. But instead, I watched a bad Tarantino knock off.
What element of the film was Tarantino-like to you?
Being Irish Catholic from Massachusetts, this film has tortured me. It’s like the first question ppl have when they find out I’m Irish from Boston, “have you seen Boondock Saints?” Obviously. I even loved the sequel
How often do you get to hear "Have you ever heard of the Dropkick Murphys? I hear being Irish and from Boston, it's against the law to never have heard of the Dropkicks.
@@charlesvickers2047 that’s def another one. I love answering “no, I’ve never heard of them”, and like clockwork they will say “You must know them, they did The Departed song!”
@KelticTim Flogs is better than the Kicks but I still love the Kicks
When me and my ex wife divorced, I threw away and burned a whole lotta things we shared that she left behind. One thing that I absolutely did NOT dispose of was a birthday gift she got me on the last birthday we spent together, which was a personalized, autographed photo from the film that her friend got from these 2 at a convention she attended. Sean even wrote “Happy Fucking Birthday” on it. It still hangs in my living room.
I’m still holding my breath that we get a part 3 someday
You seem very immature. No one but the most obnoxious, toxic, dudebro types with unwashed arses actually liked the second movie.
Score!
Part 3 of the movie or your marriage? Just curious
@@dereklewis9451 lol I’m remarried with 3 kids. There will be no part 2 of my first marriage, let alone a part 3! 😱😂
@@dereklewis9451 😂👍
Sean Patrick Flanery had admitted that after Reedus wrapped the 11th season of TWD and he finished wrapping his two movies, they did work on BDS III. So let's cross our fingers.
Hopefully it's done better than 2. I didn't hate 2 but it's sort of cringe in parts and the tone wasn't right at all.
@@nadagainagain49872 was meh you can see the forceful scenes referencing on the First film and i hope BS3 would be a passion project that captured the first
@@stalinsoulz7872 I just hated the lady cop. She was too ridiculous. Remove her or put a better actress in her place and it's a good sequel.
Troy Duffy has been radio silent for a while now. Either he is working on it, out took a day job
TRIVIA: In "American Psycho", the waiter working in the restaurant that Christian Bale and Willem Dafoe eat in is the same dude Dafoe is in bed with that _"just wants to cuddle"_ in The Boondock Saints.
🤣
“I’ll tip her!”
Is still the funniest line in the movie.
"Where you goin'? You're goin' fuckin' nowhere.." -This HUGE fuckin' guy.
2 years before Boondock Saints was Suicide Kings. I was introduced to both at the same time. Can’t help to think of one with out the other. Like to see you do one on the Suicide Kings. Good stuff man 🤘🏻😎
"Oh, I get it. You cut his finger off... YOU CUT HIS FUCKIN' FINGER OFF?!?!"
Great movie as well. 👍
immediately loved this movie as a young irish man. Imagine my excitement when i found out the 2 main characters are named Connor and Murphy which is a name im lucky enough to hold hahaha
And whats your social? Ha
"I think I'll have a Coke, then"
"Are you sure, that you're O-Bee Kay-Bee??"
Such a classic!!.🤣🤣🤣
"Shut your fat ass, Rayvie! I can't buy a pack of smokes without runnin' into nine guys you fucked!" -ROCCO
Wyatt FREAKING Earp!
PACK YOUR SHIT....goes straight for the records lol.
IM HIT IM HIT. I can't believe that just fkn happened. Is it alive? Lmfao
...you just made my WHOLE night with this video 😂 🤗 😍
I remember when I was in college, my roommate (who was very religious) suggested we watch it. I protested, thinking it was some Christian movie. I was definitely wrong, and for the time, it was such a cool film. Troy Duffy and Norman actually came to Kent State and did a Q and A. It was supposed to also have Patrick Flannery but didn't show for "personal reasons. It was entertaining, Duffy did most of the talking he was cussing trying to look cool, but it worked for his persona. Then they ended up hanging out at the local college bar that night, so of course, everyone went there. They just sat in the basement level of the bar and roped off the entrance to the stairs, they only let hot college girls down to see and "hang" with the guys. Norman got so drunk he ended up dancing on the bar and getting the cops called on him. I was shocked by how many people were also obsessed with the film at the time. so many people had the tattoos Veritas and whatever the other one was. It's definitely not the masterpiece I thought it was at the time, but it was still a great slice of pop culture that was a blast to watch. I've never seen the sequel, tho I refuse.
"Boondock Saints, my favourite movie"
-Father Alexander Anderson, TFS Hellsing Abridged
that show is legendary
I've watched that so many times, can't believe I forgot sam porter bridges was in that
Damn this takes me back Billy connelly in his prime, he was in some good films
I remember watching it in my late teens and loving it, but when I tried rewatching it in my early 20's, I couldn't finish it.
Same
I don't get the love for this or Donnie Darko. No point in talking people out of it, though.
I remember seeing this poster on many people's walk college dorms.
JoBlo’s, I’m just curious could you guys do WTF Happen to Saban’s Power Rangers (2017 reboot), if you guys take request?
I watched it when it was released in theatre. Friggen brilliant. Not to mention Willem Dafoe
From what Duffy has to say, the documentary wasn't exactly edited in a flattering way. Now he was that ass in those moments, but we are severely lacking context. Documentaries are vehicles for a message, and they will be edited in which ever way gets that message across. If they wanted him to seem like an angel, they would have been able to do that too.
The Boondock saints is one of the most Underrated/ Badass 90s thrillers, and Norman Reedus & Sean Patrick Flanney kickass in their performance as the McManus brother "The Boondock Siants", also Wilem Dafoe & David Della Rocco are funny and entertaining in the film too, this movie is intense, funny, & Badass.... And it also great to see the film on St. Patrick day with Leprechaun films & Halloween 3: Season of the Witch.
Good work boss 🙏🏾
WTF happened to Franchise Pictures? This deserves a documentary in the future.
ive only seen these films once each
but i did enjoy them and loved Norman Reedus in it.
need to rewatch again i think because i also remember seeing some talks of a Third film coming so would love to see that when it happens if it does.
Dude got a hand from God and chose to bite it 💀
Flanery had said it did get made, but he did not comment further on any release date.
I never heard of it and never watched it but looks good.
I would have never guessed Mumbling Norman reedus would become the star he is today. He was cool in the boondocks saints
I remember watching this in high school in a study period in 2004 shit was next level back then . Definitely no one watched it when it first came out but after a while every guy had pretty much seen it by word of mouth.
I loved this movie in college in the 2010s and I just rewatched it today and holy hell does this movie not hold up lol. I still had some fun but I can’t see myself watching this again. Willam Dafoe is just so cool though. Highly recommend watching an interview he did not too long ago. It’s on TH-cam.
THIS film is one of those that brings me out of an emotional funk when things feel like shit. If only modern movies held on to this unapologetic level of writing!
Still love this movie.
Although I enjoyed it after it's home video release, my interest waned quickly as soon it became the identity of every quasi-macho teenage dude/recently divorced men. It spread like a virus throughout my hometown in the southeast US.
So you base your enjoyment of a movie on how other people act? That is hilarious.
I agree..here in the south it for sure made bigger asses out of the already dumbasses..but it is for sure a great movie. Over hyped around here yes.
Yearly tradition to watch this one on St Patty’s day 🍻
If you like the movie, don’t listen to the commentary track. After hearing him talk about how great he is and how great his movie is, I can’t watch it anymore
Ouff - yeah. Figures
Boondock Saints has such potential to be a John Wick, Nobody, Bullet Train gun-fu style badass retiree kicks arse film.
Maybe directed by David Ayer
The Only Version Of 1999's The Boondock Saints That I Prefer Is The Unrated Version (108 Mins).
What happened to boondock saints?
Ever seen the walking dead?
I love the boondock saints.
So I was upset there wasn't gonna be a third movie
I was late to the party on this one. But when I did finally watch it I was underwhelmed. The way everyone talked about it had me expecting something much better. Dafoe and Connelly were fantastic. And the leads are both good. But it was just an ok movie in my opinion.
...😍 Boondock Saints was an "epic for a moment in time" kinda film... violent as all🖕but still a cult favorite 🤌 🫶🫶🫶
The one thing that really messed me up. It was William Defoe's character in it. I would have lost the farm if womeone bet me on his character in the movie.
I went to many schools where there was school shootings nearby. And this was in the eighties
02:33 Rocco was an old friend
Yeah, I always got the feeling that they were childhood friends. Just the way the bonded, drank together and made fun of each other, but in the way you knew they genuinely cared for each other.
I remember watching this in college, when EVERYONE had a Boondock Saints poster in their dorm room; and I felt it was trash :/
I played Saints Row 2, any connection?
Fun fact-- Boondock Saints features Maines top standup comedian Bob Marley as the bumbling local detective,
Thank you for not naming the shooters at columbine. They don't deserve for they're names to live on.
They are a symbol of a failed system.
Favorite movie of all time in that kind of genre. Saw part of it on TV and bought it the moment I saw it. Watched it after school, then watched it again with a few friends. Still amazing.
I really liked this movie when I was young. Then I re-watched it as an adult and it didn't age well.
God make a 3rd one!!! This is entrainment at its best!!! Please please please make a 3rd one!!!
That kinda made me feel like river dancing.
What do you mean "WTF Happened to the Boondocks Saints"? It's one of those movies that didn't do so hot in theaters but then spread like the clap in an Orgy and gathered a cult following, it got a sequel and then everyone moved on to bigger and better things, end of story. Just cut your 12 min video down to 12 seconds. :: drops 🎤::
To accurately explained what the fuck happened to the boondock saints you need more than 12 minutes my man. There is an entire documentary on this nightmare.
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Got my elliptical video for the day.
Great movie, and still fun to rewatch.
I can wait a few years before the pollictical correctness and forced diversity is over.
A third movie like the first one isn't possible in todays entertainment industry.
I don't want two black lesbian mary sue girlbosses play the twins.
Love this movie. Awesome.
i still love this movie. liked the sequel too.
At the start of my enlistment in the Army, this movie was out for a few years. So much hype from the Catholic bros in the company.
Love this film
Rented it from a video store in Chinatown (Seattle area). The cover was all in Chinese kanji, so no idea what it was about. Loved it! It was like a Punisher film.
I got to meet the brothers at Emerald City Comic con (this was before Walking Dead came out.) was surprised to see one of them was actually Irish.
Oh man, I saw that film when I was on holiday at some friends in Manchester and we where so shit faced and the film was brilliant. Back in Germany I couldn’t get it and my friends send it over and I watched here with my friends. I loved the film. Unfortunately I lost the dvd at one of my many moves 😔
I was just thinking of this movie
The Boondock Saints did not make $50 million in rentals at blockbuster 😂
If you don't like this movie I can only conclude that you don't know how to watch a film for the purpose of being entertained.
Nowadays you said something like that about Keanu you'd never work again! Patrick Swayze as Paul smecker would be a very interesting choice. Kinda wanna see that
I don't think Swayze would look very good on film right now....
Too soon
@@JoBloOriginals never
F all the “dude bro” comments, this film spanned all cliques. It’s not a “dude bro” movie, it’s just a good movie.
You really missed the prime time to upload this video considering that St. Patrick's Day was literally last week...
WTF and who is JoBlo Originals?
Daryl dixon in his Young days with Young Indiana Jones😄🤣🙏🏻
It’s so funny because I remember LOVING this movie when I was 18, and re watching it again recently I couldn’t even get through the first half…it’s so bad it’s comical. My young self was the definition of cringe.
did you go woke?
Please do a wtf happened to willem dafoe
“ There…was…a…FIREFIGHT!!!!
One starred in The Walking Dead, the other recently starred in the great NEFARIOUS movie.
Just goes to show the people in charge don't always know what's right. I loved it. Always will.
I love this movie. William Defoe was incredible in it- no one could've played Smecker better. The worst thing about the sequel is that Defoe isn't in it. The concept is brilliant. The writing was stellar. Anyone who missed it needs to see it.
Duffy sounds like he got a big head, but I'm really glad the movie isn't associated with Miramax.
The second one is to goofy. I don't get the feeling from the first movie.
And the chubby girlboss doesn't make it better.
And I am a woman, but she gives me just cringe.
@@CordeliaWagner yeah I didn't watch the sequel more than once, but the first 1 is such a great movie!
cool movie
Its still around played on tubi movie app
Watch the first every St. Patrick's Day
He ain't going no where...
"Where you going?"
No where that's right
It’s a very angsty, digestible Fight Club. Both writers taking influence from saying “f u” to the 90s counterculture and politics. Fight Club is more about accepting growing up and life sucks while disrupting the establishment and BDS has a lot of undertones about the brothers being angels of death to god to.. dispute organized crime.
Seen it when i was about 17, i didn't like it But my friends did. The accent really bothered me. And the over-the-top acting pushed me away.
I can't go a month without watching the Saints. I really want a third film to happen. Please God ! Make it happen !!!
Same with True Romance
Yikes, the head swelling was real.
I mean, I can understand the impulse; going from an unknown trying to find success as a musician, to having big studios in a bidding war for his screenplay. Yeah, that could definitely mess with someone's self-assessment and give them a bit of an arrogance problem. Still shitty behaviour, and he got worse as time went on it seems, blaming everyone but himself for the way things were going, but you can see why it happened. Most likely he started out, before the attention even started, with a bit of an ego, which all the attention validated to the point that his ego swelled out of control. Basically, he was probably a bit of an egotistical ass before he got any attention, with a 'no-one understands my greatness' mentality or something, as his absurd behaviour doesn't make much sense otherwise. Plenty of people see unexpected success and _don't_ fly off the deep end, and certainly not as quickly. It parallels what you might see with someone who unexpectedly gets a large windfall of cash, like lottery winners. A lot of people end up squandering the opportunity because they don't really internalize that it's still a finite resource; it just seems like they can't fail because they've gotten so much latitude to work with.
I vaguely remember liking the movie alright, though not appreciating it as much as its cult status might indicate. I don't remember liking the sequel as much? Not sure, it has been years since I watched them.
"Is it dead? 😶"
been a St. Patty's watching day tradition for my sister and I since we had it on VHS. always call her in the morning and tell her that I want a coffee with my onion bagel
For thee my Lord for thee
Seriously it was a great movie
It was love at first sight and I didn't Even watch it at the beginning it was the confession booth scene on tv and I bought the shirts and double discs and mesmerize the prayer,well pulp fiction was the first movie to love and definitely watched the all saints day on saint Patricks day and still waiting on the third instalment,but of course Normand Reedus and Sean Patrick flanery needs to be in it and I thought Tommy Flanagan needs to be a family member like an uncle .
I don't give a Sh*T about all that, all I want is a boondock saints 3!!
Well, it certainly wasn't all Troy's fault. That giant piece of human waste Harvey Weinstein played a big part as well, in The Boondock Saints failure in theaters! It's a good thing that it ended up making so much money on home video!
Is it dead?