Let the Awards roll in

Rating: 10/10 (14 October 2006)

For fans of Troy Duffy's The Boondock Saints (2001), this movie returns to gunslinging Boston, Mass. for another parlay into a rain of bullets, but this time, there isn't the religious ethos eternally present. I have to say I didn't even know from seeing the previews that this movie took place in Boston. But was literally ON THE EDGE OF MY SEAT through two hours of this two and a half hour film. I found the fact that a plethora of not even a shred of Irish actors managed to put on the appropriate linguistic vowel pronunciations to sound the part, and that their jibes were effectively Irish and at the same time affectionate, something I consider not so easy to do. With an absolutely stellar cast of actors at the top of their game, this is a movie not to be missed as you will undoubtedly be left out of countless conversations regarding it. One of my fave parts of the film has to do simply with a suit. Jack Nicholson's character "Costello" is wearing a gray, micro-checked suit with what looks like a textured suede-cheetah print tie. FANTASTIC job by the costume designer on using the suit as a way of showing the immense personality and charisma that is presented through the character. I WANT that suit! That's how much I liked it. Amazing.