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[bryant]

"Whitey's Boyos" movies and television shows include the following. There are other obvious candidates; if you haven't seen every gangster flick Scorcese ever made, well, you're like me because I haven't seen Gangs of New York yet either. But you know what I mean. These, however, are the direct influences and recommendations.

• Mystic River: not as good as the book, but still very very good. Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, and Kevin Bacon were on fire.
• Monument Ave.: Denis Leary was born to play an Irish thug; this is the movie where he does it best. Also with Colm Meaney, Martin Sheen, and a bunch of other good actors. Directed by Ted Demme.
• The Boondock Saints: yeah, that's Boston for you, with a whole lot of Irish insanity.
• Good vs. Evil: the tone maybe goes a little bit too far towards the humor, but the image of a rough-edged group of amateurs fighting very bad things stuck with me.
• The Shield: wrong era, wrong side of the law, right ethos. Whitey's Boyos are bad men doing good things, while Detective Mackey's strike team is the opposite.

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Comments

You and your fucking rope!

[eclecticavatar.livejournal.com]

I Went Down was a fantastic movie. Hardly anyone else in the world actually saw it, however. If it's Irish and involves guns, I've most likely seen it. ;)

[head58.livejournal.com]

Is GvsE out on dvd? I totally need to see that show again.

[bryant]

No. :(

[sebastian-tombs.livejournal.com]

John Shea's Southie was good

[death-by-monkey.livejournal.com]

Mmm...Boondock Saints - good mayhem in that movie. Lots of RPG potential. And classic Billy Connolly.