Tired of the crime overrunning the streets of Boston, Irish Catholic twin brothers Conner and Murphy are inspired by their faith to cleanse their hometown of evil with their own brand of zealous vigilante justice. As they hunt down and kill one notorious gangster after another, they become controversial folk heroes in the community. But Paul Smecker, an eccentric FBI agent, is fast closing in on their blood-soaked trail.
Acting
Dafoe's unhinged opera-loving FBI agent
Direction
Hyper-stylized shootouts with religious flair
Writing
Dialogue so quotable it spawned a religion
Director
Troy Duffy
Willem Dafoe
Paul Smecker
Sean Patrick Flanery
Conner MacManus
Norman Reedus
Murphy MacManus
David Della Rocco
Rocco
Billy Connolly
Il Duce
Bob Marley
Detective Greenly
Brian Mahoney
Detective Duffy
Gerard Parkes
Doc
David Ferry
Detective Dolly
Carlo Rota
Yakavetta
Richard Fitzpatrick
The Chief
Dot-Marie Jones
Rozengurtle
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Troy Duffy wrote the script bartending in LA and Harvey Weinstein bought it for $300k—then buried it in distribution hell after Duffy publicly trashed him.
The film bombed theatrically but became a Blockbuster rental phenomenon, selling millions of DVDs and spawning a decade-later sequel nobody asked for.
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underrated asf
@Wilsondias100 46
My absolute favorite movie. Hands down ❤
@Katiee0592 25
One of the best movies ever made.
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