Quantum Of Friendship

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Following on from last year's festive episode on Taffin, we sought out another Irish-themed vigiliante movie with eccentric performances. The Boondock Saints comes from the unlikely auteur, Troy Duffy, an Irish-American who ran into production problems. Jonathan discusses those problems, self-inflicted and otherwise, as well as some of the cultural misunderstanding between the Irish and Irish-Americans. Meanwhile, Richard is in awe of Willem Dafoe's iconically over-the-top performance as FBI agent and namey-ology expert Paul Smecker, though equally perplexed by his portrayal of the gay man of the 90s. Smecker has to track down the titular Boondock Saints, from an unspecified part of Ireland, now living in Boston to take down its gangsters. Content Warning: slur words, ranting over the Irish national anthem, discussion of racism in Agent Cody Banks etc.