The Boondock Saints

Released Year: 1999

Certificate: R

Runtime: 108 minutes

Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller

IMDB Rating:

Meta Score: 44

Director: Troy Duffy

Stars: Willem Dafoe, Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus, David Della Rocco

No of Votes: 227143

Gross: 25812

Overview: Two Irish Catholic brothers become vigilantes and wipe out Boston's criminal underworld in the name of God.

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