Réalisation:
Troy DuffyScénario:
Troy DuffyPhotographie:
Adam KaneMusique:
Jeff DannaActeurs·trices:
Willem Dafoe, Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus, David Della Rocco, Billy Connolly, David Ferry, Gerard Parkes, Jeanna Fine, Kevin Chapman (plus)Résumés(1)
Les Anges de Boston, ce sont Conner et Murphy MacManus, deux frères irlandais et catholiques. Tout du moins, c'est le surnom que les médias leur ont donné après leur premier coup d'éclat.
Travailleurs modestes dans un entrepôt de boucherie, les deux frères ont leurs habitudes au pub, où ils retrouvent leurs amis pour discuter autour d'une pinte de bière. Parmi eux se trouve l'Italien.
Un soir, une bagarre se déclenche et les deux frères, traqués jusque chez eux, sont obligés de tuer les malfaiteurs. Lorsque l'inspecteur Paul Smecker, avec ses manières excentriques et son génie de déduction, arrive sur les lieux du crime, il reconnaît les hommes de main des mafiosi russes. Depuis plusieurs semaines, le FBI était à leurs trousses. C'est ainsi que naît le mythe des Anges de Boston et que commence leur croisade. Au cours de leur lutte acharnée contre la vermine, ces deux justiciers, en bons Irlandais, récitent versets et cantiques, persuadés d'agir par la main de Dieu. Et chaque crime les rapproche un peu plus de l'inspecteur.
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Critiques (10)
Massive surprise. I’d never heard about this film, my colleague Coldrexx recommended it and I couldn’t be more thrilled. The Tarantino style is evident, though not as perfectly honed as with Quentin himself, but still works great. This means a high dose of wisecracks, a lot of blood, weird characters (the best of which is the excellent FBI agent). It’s been long since a film surprised me so much and it’s been long since I laughed so much. Great.
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Excellent stuff. A film full of blood, violence, shooting, killing, wisecracks, praying and great acting performances... What more could you ask for in an action film? Willem Dafoe gives such a brilliant performance that I would have given him four Oscars in a heartbeat, I really loved him here and I loved him literally!! One big ride. 100%
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Two self-proclaimed angels of justice are crushed through the grinder of bland "post-Tarantino" dialogue, and it’s not helped by any attempt at a vigorous narrative style. Duffy sets up the whole situation very casually, without emphasis on the absurdity of the plot (one cat can't save it) and the comic hyperbole it draws from. The main duo is accurate, and so is Dafoe’s detective, but they all flounder in a situation that begins and ends with the opening sermon in the church.
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Tarantino's poetics, a lot of violence peppered with hyperbole in places, "fuck" following every other word, brisk direction by Duffy with a few visual flourishes that erase the handicap of the basic script and the low budget. But I also have to partially agree with betelgeus, I am slowly getting tired of the Taratino clones. Not everyone can combine violence with absurd humour as well as Tarantino or Guy Ritchie. Duffy has only a few bright moments (especially the scene with the unfortunate butchering of the cat). PS: On the other hand, Dafoe in the role of a genius detective is brilliant!
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The story may limp along, you can easily mix up the supporting characters if you don't pay close enough attention, and I still haven't deciphered the final message years later (Satire? A warning? Both?), but I don't mind. The symphony of blood, action, and slow-motion shots contains almost everything a genre fan could wish for and pleasantly engages the viewer throughout. When I add Willem Dafoe's eccentric exhibitionism, any negative aspects are much harder to find.
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