Could a movie get any better? Two Irishmen in lead roles, racist midgets, organised crime, and some stellar acting. In Bruges is set in, well, Bruges. The two main protagonists Ray and Ken (Played by Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson) are Irish hit men who are sent to Bruges to wait for their next job, however various events whilst in Bruges leads to bad memories being brought to the fore for the characters. They are under the guidance of their boss Harry (Ralph Fiennes) who has to get involved personally.
To put it simply, this film is brilliant. The Director, Martin McDonagh, was in what would be considered his first major release movie, and to be honest, he did a fantastic job. The quality of the direction is outstanding.
On top of this, we also get three fantastic performances from Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson and Ralph Fiennes. Especially in this case Colin Farrell. In my opinion, he has sort of been involved in farty movies, which never really had depth to them, such as Alexander and Miami Vice. However with In Bruges, Farrell shows a whole other side to his abilities that really has put him on the list of one of my favourite actors around at the minute. If you were to watch the movie, you would understand, this ties into my next point.
The genre of this movie is so difficult to tie down. It could be considered a thriller, and it is quite gruesome in places. But this is the last movie to make me laugh out loud since Borat. The best way I can show you how diverse this film is is through some of the keywords from the film's IMDb page: Murder Contract/Drug Use/Suicide/Psychopath/Obesity/Canadian Stereotype/Dwarf/Black Comedy
Maybe now you can see my point, it is wildly diverse. The reason I give this movie 9/10 is because it really was my favourite movie of the year when it came out. I think I would still rate it as good as The Dark Knight. Everything about it is excellent. The only reason it has not got 10/10 is because of the odd part in the movie which aren't very realistic. But if that is all I can find wrong with it, then it is doing very very well.
I 100% recommend you go out and watch this movie, buy it, own it, it is one for your collection. A modern classic. Sadly I feel it will fall into the same realm of obscurity as Lucky Number Slevin did and not get the recognition it deserves simply because the director is not an A-list director and it did not have a £100,000,000 budget. It is likely that it will be completely overlooked at next year's Academy Awards, but what do they stand for? If you want to see a great movie, with a great story, and some great acting, then I highly recommend In Bruges.
Ken: We shall strike a balance between culture and fun.
Ray: Somehow I believe, Ken, that the balance shall tip in the favor of culture, like a big fat fucking retarded fucking black girl on a see-saw opposite...a dwarf.
Rating:
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9/10
IMDb Link
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