Parents Guide for
The Boondock Saints (1999)

A man is seen in bed with another man (nothing explicit). The man then gets out of bed.

Two scenes take place in a strip-club/adult theatre (nothing explicit seen).

A man caresses the exposed breast of an unconscious stripper (briefly seen).

A nude woman is dancing on a videoscreen in a strip-club/porn theatre (very hard to see).

it is implied that Rocco's girlfriend Donnas friend is a prostitute.

A man uses a stun gun on a woman and asks why he has to be on "bitch detail"

A man refers to the two brothers killing off drug dealers and pimps.

The movie revolves around a theme of violence against evil people, and how the brothers plan to rid Boston of its evil.

Many people are shot graphically and seen with bullet wounds. very little blood in the R-Rated. Tons in the UNRATED.

Rocco accidentally shoots Donnas cat, which then essentially explodes into bloodsplatter and tissue fragments.

...in the "UNRATED" Cut, it is more graphic and the scene is longer. In the R-Rated, its very quick.

Rocco bashes the "Pyschopaths" head in with a cue ball. (shown in both cuts)

Rocco, Connor and Murphy walk into a living room and open fire on several unknowing criminals, violently killing each of them ( both cuts)

a man electrocutes a woman with a stun gun then asks "why he has to be on 'bitch detail"

the movie opens with a violent bar brawl. A mans butt is lit on fire, and another is knocked out with a beerbottle

a man picks up a toilet with handcuffed hands. the cuffs cut into his skin, he screams in pain. ...( graphic in the UNRATED, not so much in the R-Rated.

Which leads to a man is crushed by a falling toilet. The other man takes the cover and bashes a mans face in.

...again not much blood or in length in the R-Rated. Very graphic in the UNRATED.

Connor and Murphy hand their guns over to Rocco. he opens fire like a cowboy and murders two people in Porn Booths

later on, Rocco walks into a restaurant and murders three people execution style. Graphic in both cuts.

Several murder crime scenes are shown during a police investigation with realistic detail to the blood and gore.

...the bodies are bloody and are scattered about in pools of blood, (less blood in R-Rated cut)

Roccos finger is shot off in one scene. very graphically shown in both cuts of the movie.

Smecker uses the finger on a scanner to Identify Rocco

Rocco, Connor, and Murphy sear their wounds by using an iron. More intense/emotional than violent, still bloody in nature.

** MAJOR SPOILER--Rocco is shot point-blank range in the chest and is shown bleeding to death in pain. **

(longer and drawn out in the UNRATED...shorter and less blood in the R-Rated)

**MAJOR SPOILER--Papa Joe finally is finally killed by Connor Murphy and their father, execution style. (OFFSCREEN)**

many many uses of the word "fuck" and other standard R-Rated words

a joke involving racial terms and slang for hispanics and black people

Many characters smoke cigarettes.

the opening scene takes place in a bar, involving characters getting drunk

A scene of a party at a house, characters then get very drunk.

characters walk into a known killers house, and several are on drugs and drinking beer

References to a character being on "every drug known to man," but no actual drug use is shown.

Several characters are known to be drug dealers.

After being wounded, several characters cauterize their wounds with an iron.

towards the end, Rocco is shot in the chest, he writhes in pain graphically (less blood in the R-Rated)

several characters are shot execution-style/point blank range in the movie

Two characters are seen in the moment before they are executed. The actual deaths are not seen.