For Gen-Xers of a certain age, The Boondock Saints is the epitome of cult movie trash. The 1999 vigilante action thriller is a gratuitously violent display of style over substance that exemplifies the sheer excess of the genre. A flop upon release, the movie became a big hit on home release but is largely viewed as one of the lesser examples of the decade's boom of indie cinema.
It wasn't supposed to be that way, however. This was meant to be a very big deal, the crowning achievement of the ultimate rags-to-riches story for a Hollywood outsider breaking into the mainstream. Instead, The Boondock Saints became the ultimate example of "be careful what you wish for because you just might get it."
