ChicRawIdol A brilliant film that helped define a genre

Clarissa Mora The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

Myron Clemons A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

torstensonjohn Many questions come into play when viewing a film, especially when it deals with religion in a way. Irish, true Catholics and devout to their beliefs. The film is about two Irish Catholic brothers from Boston (played by Norman Reedus and Sean Patrick Flanery) who mistakenly and accidentally kill two Russian mob men after a bar fight. Being honorable men, they turn themselves in only to be deemed heroes by the police force. Willem Dafoe is the prideful FBI agent tasked to bring them in but believes these men a re necessary evils on the fight against crime. A wild ride filled with violence, action, extreme cursing, humor and driven by the character development of the two brothers. Added bonus is having Billy Connelly in the film with a few surprise twists. The film is fast-paced, well written and performances are excellent. You will not be disappointed by the film at all, a solid 8/10

lukas_gunnarsson This movie isn't just a hidden gem, it's a hidden DIAMOND. It has got everything, humour, action, great acting(Willem Dafoe), one-liners and quotes and even a little bit of romance(depending on if Rocco's relationship counts). The plot isn't all that complex but it is still not bland at all. This truly is a MOVIE, so some conveniences you've got to overlook. All in all, don't overthink this movie and it's brilliant!

templar77099 Quite a good watch. Had never heard of it until a couple days ago - on a Screen Junkies video - and since it was being praised and Willem Dafoe, I decided to give it try. Dafoe is exactly the best part of it. Over the top, funny and really full-on crazy, his character carries the whole film not letting it turn boring and stale. Another fresh idea are the flashbacks. I wasn't expecting they'd choose this route to illustrate the most of the action scenes and it surely delivers. It's very interesting to look at the crime scene and at the same time as the cops, try to find out what happened. Unlike what I've seen written about this specific part of the film, it's not like it gets too much repetitive since as Smecker is closer to finding out who are "The Saints" he too gets incorporated in this action scenes, in quite spectacular fashion. The rest of the cast, specially Reedus, Flanery and the first-timer Della Rocco also make for interesting performances, despite not at the same level. The film is visceral, "balls to the wall" and certainly feels fresh, with some inventive camera work and choreography. The action scenes felt gripping and somewhat intense.Recommended

Shweta Mayekar I don't get how I came across this movie so late?! Its just brilliant! The way it plays out, the story, the editing! And the soundtrack. Oh, the music that accompanies DeFoe's scenes! The acting done by the two leads is brilliant, Norman of course made it big in TWD much later with Flannery getting some recognition in Dexter. But damn. William DeFoe . He stole the bloody movie. Whether it was his narration of the scenes, his constant ragging of the one inspector, which was just LOL, or his climax scenes. Yes you know the one. Brilliant movie. The style, the cutting, the pacing of this movie. They really made them different back in the day. By different I mean better. Perfect movie for a night with take out.