ExperienceVigilante Justice In Brilliant High-Definition
February 10 From Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
TheIntelligent and Intense Cult Phenomenon Comes Loaded With Bonus Content
CENTURY CITY, Calif. – Thy Kingdom Come. Thy Will Be Done. The film about retribution witheven more vivid violence and realistic rampage, The Boondock Saints arrives onto Blu-ray Disc for the first time February 10 from Twentieth CenturyFox Home Entertainment. In this tale of modern day morality, twinbrothers surrender their humanity to take on the underworld and rid the Earthof those that bring evil. These “saint” siblings take it upon themselvesto clean the streets of criminals, carrying out their vehement actionsaccording to their creed that “the laws of God are greater than the laws ofman.” This ideology inspires an FBI agent assigned to capture the violentbrothers, along with the public at large to support their questionable means toan end.
Like Reservoir Dogs,Snatch and Donnie Darko, The Boondock Saints was acclaimed bycritics nationwide and embraced by cult film fanatics everywhere. Featuring powerful performances by an all-star cast including Academy Award® nominee* Willem Dafoe (Spider-Man, To Live And Die In L.A.),Sean Patrick Flanery (Suicide Kings, Powder), Billy Connolly (TheLast Samurai, Timeline) and Norman Reedus (Deuces Wild, Blade II), TheBoondock Saints Blu-ray Disc is loaded with bonus features includingouttakes, deleted scenes, the script and more, and will be available for $34.99U.S. Pre-book is January 14, 2009.
The Boondock Saints Synopsis:
Irish brothers Connor andMurphy MacManus live and work in South Boston. After killing a Russianmobster in self-defense, the brothers believe they have found their callingfrom God ridding the earth of human evil. So they set out to completetheir divine deed by ridding the streets of gangsters, criminals and lowlifes;and as the body count rises, the brothers become local heroes (deemed the“Boondock Saints”) even as the police are on their trail. By riskingtheir lives for their beliefs of Veritas (truth) and Aequitas (justice), thevigilante brothers take the law into their own hands…until they are pursued byunorthodox FBI agent Paul Smecker who follows their trail of bloodshed, butadmits that the boys are doing exactly what he has always secretly wished tohappen.
SpecialFeatures:
The Boondock Saints Blu-rayDisc is presented in widescreen with English 5.1 DTSHD Master Audio and includes English, French and Spanish subtitles. Bonusfeatures include:
· Outtakes
· Sevendeleted scenes
· Director’sCut seamlessly branched
· The BoondockSaints theatrical trailer
· NormanReedus, Sean Patrick Flanery, Willem Dafoe, Billy Connolly and Troy Duffy Filmographies
· The BoondockSaints script
· Audiocommentary with writer/director Troy Duffy
· Audiocommentary with actor Billy Connolly
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