he Boondock Saints is a movie about two Irish vigilantes - brothers in fact. They're the MacManuses who came to kill because they believe God told them to rid the world of evil men wherever they may be. In these times, such religiously-inspired motivations can be viewed as extremism. But on the flipside, the men who engage in such acts can be called heroes - even saints - as is the case in this movie.

So we have two religious brothers who ultimately become killers for the sake of good while forsaking the law. Does that make sense or what? In role playing parlance, they'd be unlawful good. But the manner by which they dispose of evil may be said to be evil by itself. The law fights evil with a moral basis. On the other hand, these brothers fight fire with fire, and when they get burned, they fan the blaze. That's what makes the movie excruciatingly entertaining as an action film. At the same time, it's a movie that raises more than an eyebrow. Some critics didn't think the movie had cult-follower qualities, but it still got attention.

The Boondock Saints came and went without making much of an imprint on the memories of moviegoers as a whole. But that is just one movie. Now there's Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day and it promises more fire for fire, blood for blood, and guns for guns. We won't go into the details of the first movie here. That's for you to find out by watching it. Suffice it to say that in the sequel, the MacManus brothers are now hiding from the law. They used to do their dirty job in Boston, Massachusetts and now they're back in Ireland - in the backwoods or boondocks- to be exact, wondering when a new calling would come. Sure enough, it comes.

They get news that a priest is mysteriously killed in Boston. That's enough motivation for the two to go back and create havoc back where they started it all. In the first movie, the brothers are pursued by a side-switching law enforcer played by Willem Dafoe. It lacked the babe element. The solution? Sultry and sexy actress Julie Benz playing detective in the sequel.

Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day isn't for everyone, which is why it's got an R rating. But this movie could be the one the makes, especially writer-director Troy Duffy, could be waiting for to truly give the "franchise" - it certainly seems to be going that way, the cult status it deserves.

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