We watch a lot of movies here, all kinds, but some of our favorite genres are of the mobster/hitman/violent and dark humor kind.
Most of these kinds of movies take place in Las Vegas, but the one we watched tonight, took place in Belgium.
In Bruges
to be exact.
That's the title of the movie too.
In Bruges stars Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, and Ralph Fiennes.
Ken (Gleeson) and Ray (Farrell), are 2 hitmen who have been told to go to Bruges and lay low by their mob boss Harry (Fiennes) after a mishap with their last target, a priest.
When Ray shot the priest, a stray bullet struck and killed a little boy.
Trying to avoid the 2 men from getting caught, he sends them off to Bruges while awaiting any news stories or police investigation into the death of the little boy.
Now you're probably thinking, Kat, how can any of that be darkly humorous? A little boy was killed, and so was a priest!
Well you're right, none of that part of the movie is funny, and Ray does feel tremendous guilt over what he's done, but the dark comedy comes in during the conversations that Ken and Ray have with each other and with other people they meet in Bruges.
Ken loves it there, Ray thinks it's a total shit-hole, but they have drinks at the pub, they see a movie being filmed with a midget (Jordan Prentice) who also becomes Ray's friend, and Ray also finds a love interest in a beautiful blond drug dealer (Clémence Poésy).
There's a bit of drinking, a bit of drugging, a man is struck blind by a blank bullet fired at close range, and just some truly off the wall things are said and done which make it funny.
It also has some very serious and touching moments, the ending is quite dramatic, makes you feel and care for all of the main characters, and gives you some good insight to who each of our main characters are.
Harry (mob boss) had a reason for sending Ken and Ray to Bruges, and it wasn't just to lay low.
Harry feels that no one can kill a child and get away with it, states if he ever killed a child, even by accident as Ray had done, he would shoot himself on the spot without hesitation.
Bruges is like a fairy tale place to him, he wanted to send Ray to a sort of fairy tale place before he died for the killing of the child, a place of happiness before dying.
Bruges is a hell on earth for Ray, a hell which he wants to get out of desperately if he lives through the 2 weeks they have been ordered to stay there, and the end leaves all of them in Bruges facing their lives choices.
This is not an easy movie to watch if violence on screen is not your thing, but I found the film really enjoyable, funny in some parts, teary in others, and it left me feeling that each of our 3 main characters were all in Bruges for more than the initial reason, but to face themselves and to better themselves in some way.
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Most of these kinds of movies take place in Las Vegas, but the one we watched tonight, took place in Belgium.
In Bruges
to be exact.That's the title of the movie too.
In Bruges stars Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, and Ralph Fiennes.
Ken (Gleeson) and Ray (Farrell), are 2 hitmen who have been told to go to Bruges and lay low by their mob boss Harry (Fiennes) after a mishap with their last target, a priest.
When Ray shot the priest, a stray bullet struck and killed a little boy.
Trying to avoid the 2 men from getting caught, he sends them off to Bruges while awaiting any news stories or police investigation into the death of the little boy.
Now you're probably thinking, Kat, how can any of that be darkly humorous? A little boy was killed, and so was a priest!
Well you're right, none of that part of the movie is funny, and Ray does feel tremendous guilt over what he's done, but the dark comedy comes in during the conversations that Ken and Ray have with each other and with other people they meet in Bruges.
Ken loves it there, Ray thinks it's a total shit-hole, but they have drinks at the pub, they see a movie being filmed with a midget (Jordan Prentice) who also becomes Ray's friend, and Ray also finds a love interest in a beautiful blond drug dealer (Clémence Poésy).
There's a bit of drinking, a bit of drugging, a man is struck blind by a blank bullet fired at close range, and just some truly off the wall things are said and done which make it funny.
It also has some very serious and touching moments, the ending is quite dramatic, makes you feel and care for all of the main characters, and gives you some good insight to who each of our main characters are.
Harry (mob boss) had a reason for sending Ken and Ray to Bruges, and it wasn't just to lay low.
Harry feels that no one can kill a child and get away with it, states if he ever killed a child, even by accident as Ray had done, he would shoot himself on the spot without hesitation.
Bruges is like a fairy tale place to him, he wanted to send Ray to a sort of fairy tale place before he died for the killing of the child, a place of happiness before dying.
Bruges is a hell on earth for Ray, a hell which he wants to get out of desperately if he lives through the 2 weeks they have been ordered to stay there, and the end leaves all of them in Bruges facing their lives choices.
This is not an easy movie to watch if violence on screen is not your thing, but I found the film really enjoyable, funny in some parts, teary in others, and it left me feeling that each of our 3 main characters were all in Bruges for more than the initial reason, but to face themselves and to better themselves in some way.
Funny you should review this one. We caught the last 20 minutes of In Bruges at a friend's house a couple weeks ago, so I had to rent it. I got it from Netflix last week, and we finally got a chance to finish it Friday night. I really liked it, too, and I told Hubby this is one movie we'll end up buying a copy of. To me it had a Boondock Saints kind of feel.