‘In Bruges’ – read short review
In a nutshell: Young hit man suffers from his exile in Belgian province after messing up his first job. A brilliant tragicomedy with Collin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson and Ralph Fiennes - one of the best movies this year (2008).
The Story: The English hit man Ray (Collin Farrell) and his associate and friend Ken (Brendan Gleeson) arrive in Bruges after an assignment that just went wrong. They are supposed to stay down for a while. While Ken, the senior killer is enjoying the beautiful medieval town, sightseeing and having a relaxed time, Ray is suffering from both, little excitement in ‘the shit hole’ as he calls the town and the guilt, as it was him who made a bad mistake. What he does not know is that it is supposed to be his final vacation, before he would be hold to account by his principled boss, Harry (Ralph Fiennes).
Both, Ray and Ken meet during their days in Bruges Marie, the advanced in pregnancy hotel owner, the local drug dealing beauty Chloë, her former boy friend and small-time criminal Eirik and a person of short stature Jimmy, an American actor shooting a Dutch movie in Bruges. As Harry realizes that Ken has second thoughts about executing his orders and punishing Ray, he makes the effort and comes to the town personally, to make sure that this time things go smoothly. Obviously, his arrival leads to a show down that is anything but what he had in mind.
Flickcritique says: It’s the dialogs that make the movie exceptional – they are just amazingly funny 
Music is also very good, particularly the piano jingling as Ken and Ray make their obligatory tourist tour through Bruges’ foggy canals. Clearly it is Collin Farrell’s best movie so far. Same applys to Ralph Fiennes. Brendan Gleeson is as brilliant, as he always is. Together, they make a fabulous acting trio. On top of this you get to see a magnificent, medieval town in autumnal, little saturated colors. The flick, spiced up with loads of anything but politically correct jokes ‘In Bruges’ is absolutely worth watching.
Conclusion: it is a great movie – highly recommended
Best movie quote: Almost all dialogue are brilliantly funny. But this one is just hilarious:
“If I’d grown up on a farm and was retarded, Bruges might impress me. But I didn’t, so it doesn’t.”
Watch it if you liked: The Boondock Saints (1999), Very Bad Things (1998)