Irish playwright Martin McDonagh’s debut feature is little more than a shaggy-dog tale about two hit men killing time in the picturesque, medieval Belgian city of the title, goosed with crackling dialogue and generous dollops of gore.
It's just before Christmas, killers-for-hire Ken Cranham (Brendan Gleeson) and Ray Blakey (Colin Farrell) are fresh off a job in London, and their volatile boss, East-End thug Harry (Ralph Fiennes), has hustled them off to Bruges to lay low and await further orders. Ken, the older and more sanguine of the two, has learned to take things as they come while keeping his wits about him. If Harry wants them to sightsee by day and s...
Released:
2008
Rated:
R
Length:
107 mins