"In Bruges" is sort of the tagline of this movie, which is kind of like a European version of Fargo, but instead of "in Brainard" we are "In Bruges" Like the snowy Northern Plains, the beautiful, medieval city of Bruges is really the biggest star of the show.
Colin Farrell is Ray and Brendan Gleeson is Ken, 2 hitmen who are send to Bruges to lay low after a botched job. The buddy movie starts as they are assigned one room in a quaint B&B. One wants to see the sights, the other wants to get back to London ASAP. But the London-bound meets a beautiful local girl and comes into contact with all sorts of wacky characters you might run across in a small town in Europe. All screeches to a halt when the hitman's boss, Ralph Fiennes decided to come to Bruges.
The moves dives into 80s excess of hookers and drugs but is grounded in good dialogue and the honor among thieves. Watch closely for the movie-within-a-movie cues that will reappear in Seven Psychopaths. And the dreaminess. In Fucking Bruges.
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