By Katherine Parker
For the Daily Titan

It has been ten years since the small budget film became a cult classic, and now director Troy Duffy is back to continue the story with the much-anticipated sequel The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day, and it doesn’t disappoint.

Connor and Murphy MacManus (Sean Patrick Flannery, Norman Reedus) have been living a quiet life in the Irish countryside with their father (Bill Conolly) after their vigilante spree in Boston ten years earlier. When word arrives that a Catholic priest has been murdered, the brothers return to Boston to bring justice to those responsible.

While on their way back home, they pick up a new partner, Romeo (Clifton Collins Jr.), a humorous Hispanic replacement for Rocco from the first film, who is their new contact into Boston’s criminal underworld.

Returning are Detectives Duffy, Greenly and Dolly who are contending with Special Agent Eunice Bloom (Julie Benze), who does a great job of stepping into Willem Dafoe’s shoes with a knack for visualizing the way a murder is played out.

In the meantime, Concezio Yakavetta (Judd Nelson), the son of the mob boss killed by the brothers in the first film, is awaiting their return in hopes to enact vengeance.

All Saints Day is a combination of action, humor and rapid fire dialogue that is thoroughly entertaining. Duffy does a great job connecting the two stories together as well as adding new twists and turns.

In addition to stylized shoot-outs, flash backs to the first film and quite a few slow motion scenes, the film adds a tangent as it explores a back story about the boy’s father, a righteous murderer in his own right. His past deeds and the brothers’ thirst for revenge on the mob conclude in a manner that most won’t see coming.

Whether you are a fan of the first one, or just looking for a fun action movie, All Saints Day will definitely entertain.