*"the realization of Rocco; an errand boy for the Russian Mob (though he is Italian -- actually, I was constantly annoyed by the fact that the film was supposedly concerned with the Russian Mob, yet they all had Italian last names and Italian Mob-trappings. Complete laziness and ineptitude on the part of whoever wrote Saints... oh yeah, that asshole)."*
Russian mob? He was from the Italian mob, hence all the Italian last names. The movie was not 'concerned with the Russian Mob' it was concerned with the Mob in general. failure to see that is complete laziness & ineptitude on the part of whoever wrote that review. (Do you like your own words when they can be so easily applied to you?)
*"See, he did want to be involved in those massacres."*
Did you not watch the church scene where Smecker is in the confessional? He did want to be apart of the killing of these guys because he believes it's the best way to get them off the street since the law has miles & miles of red tap that these suckers can slip through.
*"through prayer I should point out"*
Ah, yea, 'cause that prayer was a family prayer, only their father would have known that prayer, & wow he's their father, no wonder he teamed up with them.
*"The head of the Russian Mob"*
It's Italian, how could you miss something so obvious?
*"the two victims at the first crime-scene DID NOT have pennies on their eyes; all the victims at future crimes scenes DO NOT have pennies on their eyes -- just this one particular crime scene. And, this makes sense to Dafoe's FBI-guy character because the Greeks and the Romans used to do it."*
The first two victims didn't have pennies over their eyes because it was the Russians who attacked them first, the brothers were not expecting the attack. future victims DO have pennies over their eyes, at the 'sick fucks' house you see Connor flip a coin in preparation to place it over a guys eyes, & you don't see the other victums properly to know for sure that they *didn't* have the pennies. The only victums that didn't have the pennies were the first two & the two that Rocco caps in the Deli. Maybe you should have watched it properly before commenting on it. & about the pennies, most people are smart enough to realise that pennies over the eyes of the dead is religious, & most people know why, just because you didn't doesn't mean everyone else is as uninformed as you.
The Boondock Saints was filmed for entertainment, nothing more, & a majority of the people who have seen it appreciate it for its value. Only a sad few feel the need to give a bullshit critique on it.