The Boondocks Saints

Published: June 29, 2021, 2 p.m.

This week is on the cult classic The Boondock Saints, hopefully you have seen this movie by now, its been out for over 20 years. If you haven't seen it, the synopsis is... Tired of the crime overrunning the streets of Boston, Irish Catholic twin brothers Conner (Sean Patrick Flanery) and Murphy (Norman Reedus) are inspired by their faith to cleanse their hometown of evil with their own brand of zealous vigilante justice. As they hunt down and kill one notorious gangster after another, they become controversial folk heroes in the community. But Paul Smecker (Willem Dafoe), an eccentric FBI agent, is fast closing in on their blood-soaked trail.

"And shepherds we shall be. For Thee, my Lord, for Thee. Power hath descended forth from Thy hand. That our feet may swiftly carry out Thy command. So we shall flow a river forth to Thee. And Teeming with souls shall it ever be. In Nomine Patris, et Fili, et Spiritus Sancti."


The Boondocks Saints Cocktail (greatcocktailrecipes.net):

  • 1 oz. Rum
  • 4 oz. Tequila
  • 2 oz. Vodka
  • 1.5 oz. Triple Sec
  • 2 oz. Lemon Juice
  • 1 Tbsp Sugar
  • Top with Soda Water


Drinking Game (boondocksaints.com):

Mandatory Drinks

Drink whenever:

  1. You see simul-action. This could be two people simultaneously lighting cigarettes, putting on shirts, or putting bullets through someone’s eye-holes.
  2. There is a religious reference. For example, this whole movie.
  3. You notice blatant ethnic stereotyping. Or, we’re mistaken, in which case drink whenever you learn something new about a culture.
  4. Someone speaks in a different language. When homeschooling your children, it’s important that they learn Latin, Italian, and how to double-tap bad guys.
  5. You hear three or more f-words in a phrase or sentence. Something like “Fuckin’ — What the fuckin’. Fuck. Who the fuck fucked this fucking… How did you two fucking fucks…?”
  6. Rocco freaks out. You could argue that drinking should occur every time Rocco’s on screen, but then your liver would liquefy and we’d feel bad.
  7. Willem’s a total DICK. Possibly the greatest role of his — nay, anyone’s — career, nobody pulls off a preening, self-centered, brilliant, cross-dressing, homophobic, onion bagel-loving, gay FBI agent better than Willem.

Bonus Drinks

  1. WATERFALL whenever Agent Smecker goes into his detect-o-trance to classical music.
  2. FINISH YOUR BEER when a certain sweaty, disheveled someone yells “AAAAARRGHH!! There was a FIREFIGHT!!” and then empties his clip into the middle of the suburbs.
  3. FINISH YOUR BEER once you see Willem in drag, a.k.a., some “primo box.” If that’s primo, what’s that guy used to??


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