The Boondock Saints

“Never shall innocent blood be shed, yet the blood of the wicked shall flow like a river.” The saints, Connor and Murphy MacManus abide by this rule. Their religious beliefs and intentions dispatch the two brothers into a world where evil is not tolerated. God sends them to murder every wicked citizen in the city of Boston, Massachusetts. The Boondock Saints is a movie about religion, family, and vigilante justice. The Irish Catholic fraternal twins, Connor and Murphy MacManus, go on a mission

The Boondock Saints Report “That our feet may swiftly carry out thy command so we shall flow the river forth to thee, and teeming with souls shall it ever be”. Forbidden to be repeated by anyone who is not a McManus, Connor and Murphy allow the family prayer to roll off their tongues, and journey into the ears of the monstrous souls they are about to exterminate. Their religious belief nourishes the idea that they can make the streets of Boston good. The Boondock Saints is a movie about religion

The movie The Boondock Saints provides an excellent example of positive deviance through innovation. The Social theory of deviance can easily explain the brothers’ actions. The movie can be used to study deviance as the brothers kill people who are mafia members, breaking the norms of society. Even though the acts they are committing are clearly illegal and deviant, the people of South Boston do not react in a negative way. Since the Social theory is very broad, it will be easier to look at the

I chose to view and analyze the film The Boondock Saints. There were many different things I focused on while viewing the film. I decided to brake them down into the following categories: narrative, theatrical elements, cinematography, sound, and the overall experience. I will begin with stating my personal interpretations and understandings of the narrative. Throughout the film there are two main characters. These two characters are Irish brothers that share a deep sense of their Catholic religion

The Boondock Saints is a film produced in 1999, directed by Troy Duffy starring Willem Dafoe, Norman Reedus, and Sean Patrick Flannery. The Poetics written by Aristotle in ancient Greece creates an outline of the basis of western drama, a “well made play.” The components of this “well made play” includes the process of the plot, the making of the characters, music, diction, and thought. In the exposition of this drama, places and important characters (other than the two main protagonists) are named

shall flow like a river.” Nourished by their strong faith, Connor and Murphy MacManus used this as their mantra to overcome Boston’s evil mafia. Justice as the reward for the less fortunate, the Macmanus brothers ended the corrupt society. The Boondock Saints is a movie about religion, family, and vigilante justice. Connor and Murphy MacManus are fraternal twins who were driven by their Irish Catholic Faith to provide justice, and kill Boston’s corrupt mafia leaders. Growing up without their father

name that stuck with me the most is Boondocks Central School. The reason being is because the school would be located in the country. The word Boondocks is actually a synonym for country and then I chose Central School because well you have to make it sound somewhat like a school. You can’t just call it Boondocks. Altogether I think that the name I have decided on will match with our community’s style perfectly.

Hearing voices is considered a cross-cultural phenomenon. A Shaman can use psychoactive drugs to communicate with the spirit realm or a schizophrenic individual may hear voices that command them to commit transgressions towards themselves or against other people. I suggest that it is no longer accurate to only think of voices as either part of a supernatural occurrence or mental disease, instead certain instances of hearing voices should be regarded as psychologically valid events that can communicate

The Hero’s Journey in Film: The Boondock Saints The idea of a clear and precise pattern that nearly all heroes follow is not something new. In fact, one of the most famous examples of a hero cycle is the one created by Joseph Campbell. In his world-renowned book, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, Campbell sets up and explains how every hero follows the same basic path until he/she winds up back at the beginning and another cycle begins. “The mythical hero…is lured…to the threshold of adventure…journeys

filled with gangs, blood, murder, and drugs, the whole spectrum of crime/drama films is covered to the greatest and very gruesome extent. If you are into that kind of thing, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Natural Born Killers, and The Boondock Saints should be added to your list, after of course watching their inspiration first. One of the countless ways this movie has stood the test of time is the incredible acting and casting. Amazingly developed and interesting, a variety of characters