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he Boondock Saints is a movie about two Irish vigilantes - brothers in fact. They're the MacManuses who came to kill because they believe God told them to rid the world of evil men wherever they may be. In these times, such religiously-inspired motivations can be viewed as extremism. But on the flipside, the men who engage in such acts can be called heroes - even saints - as is the case in this movie.

So we have two religious brothers who ultimately become killers for the sake of good while forsaking the law. Does that make sense or what? In role playing parlance, they'd be unlawful good. But the manner by which they dispose of evil may be said to be evil by itself. The law fights evil with a moral basis. On the other hand, these brothers fight fire with fire, and when they get burned, they fan the blaze. That's what makes the movie excruciatingly entertaining as an action film. At the same time, it's a movie that raises more than an eyebrow. Some critics didn't think the movie had cult-follower qualities, but it still got attention.

The Boondock Saints came and went without making much of an imprint on the memories of moviegoers as a whole. But that is just one movie. Now there's Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day and it promises more fire for fire, blood for blood, and guns for guns. We won't go into the details of the first movie here. That's for you to find out by watching it. Suffice it to say that in the sequel, the MacManus brothers are now hiding from the law. They used to do their dirty job in Boston, Massachusetts and now they're back in Ireland - in the backwoods or boondocks- to be exact, wondering when a new calling would come. Sure enough, it comes.

They get news that a priest is mysteriously killed in Boston. That's enough motivation for the two to go back and create havoc back where they started it all. In the first movie, the brothers are pursued by a side-switching law enforcer played by Willem Dafoe. It lacked the babe element. The solution? Sultry and sexy actress Julie Benz playing detective in the sequel.

Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day isn't for everyone, which is why it's got an R rating. But this movie could be the one the makes, especially writer-director Troy Duffy, could be waiting for to truly give the "franchise" - it certainly seems to be going that way, the cult status it deserves.

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It's the Season of the witch for Nicolas Cage. He plays a 14th century knight in the movie who gets the task of taking a suspected witch to a monastery. Of course, the witch doesn't look anything like witches in old children's fairytales. She's young and pretty and Cage's knight character has doubts about her being an evil witch.

Well, since it's the 14th century, everyone's superstitious and the monks conclude that the girl is the one responsible for the black plague. Things happen en route to the monastery and deformed people - who are apparently undead in more ways than one - attack. The only way to stop them is to chop off their heads. Is the girl really the one to blame for all the sickness and strange happenings?

Cage is at his best with his range of facial expressions in this movie and reminds us of his performance in Face Off. It's amazing what Cage can do with his face, which usually looks sullen but can change as needed in a scene. It's very convincing every time. In the movie, Knowing, he shows us a number of ways to look puzzled. It's likely we can expect the same in Season of the Witch, which is also about the supernatural. Cage seems to be slowly moving into thematic films which give emphasis on exotic places and times past. Is he moving away from mainstream action? It's not bad at all. Maybe we can expect more of this from Cage.

Nicolas Cage is joined by veteran actors Ron Perlman and Christopher Lee, both of which are old staples of films with gothic themes. Perlman is almost always expected to be present where powerful characters with strong features are needed. He is a crazy monk in The Name of the Rose; an offensive mercenary in Blade; the Beast in the Beauty and the Beast series with Linda Hamilton; and of course, we also know him as Hell Boy. Christopher Lee, on the other hand, is our favorite Dracula. In the Star Wars series, he's Count Dooku, with a name that's a spin-off and a nod to his role as the immortal vampire of classic literature.

The hero in Season of the Witch is Cage and he's the one who will save the day in the end. Will he also save the girl from execution as a witch? Is she even a real witch at all? These questions will be answered if you watch Season of the Witch. It's a good one to enjoy in Halloween, but you'll have to wait if it's not available yet.

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