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Directed by: Martin McDonagh
Starring: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ralph Fiennes

Its is a case of a film which thrives on reiteration with tone and placing. There is a weird sense that this film oozes with that makes it one of the new wave thrillers of our generation. At the helm of the project is the uncanny Colin Farell and the voice over of the sublime Ralph Fiennes.

The film is an anti tourist film. I just don’t know how did they get away with that. They lambaste the place for all its fairy tale like scenes recreating something that is truly beautiful to watch. But why all this distaste on the part of the characters. I haven’t even drawn a character sketch to let you know about the sourness. The men in this are all contract killers who are from Dublin with all their cocky accents. They end up in Bruges for reasons only known to their employer. The two men Ken and Ray are sent to Bruges after a shootout gone wrong. It gives them an opportunity to bask in the glory of this place. But these men are here to scoff and feel they are stuck in a cage of beauty.

It doesnt take long for the plot to turn over its heads in unexpected turns. This taut thriller is beaming with some unusual clever dialog and tone. One of my personal favorites and I am sure many of you will have a liking to several others is ” Your a fucking inanimate object”. The dialog is mouthed by the cleverly conniving Ralph Fiennes. His voice in the whole movie is really unusual and stems from a rage that is part of his business.

But this film is filled with some amazing acting pieces by the accidental actor Colin Farell. He carries the whole movie with his eyes and his affecting high pitch. This is not a movie to go home crying or delving about. The whole film is meant for only one thing intelligent entertainment. But it takes pride by the use of a repetitive technique that is common in the Irish language. Bendan Gleeson (Gangs of New York) is the only one who gives a fair idea of where the plot is going. The whole film delves in the flesh of the dialog so it is not easy to take to this film at first. But the whole story pieces together everything with some remarkable visuals.

There are alot of mindless action for those who get their kicks out of it. But the ending is what sort of brought me down from the many peaks that this film had reached. It tries to be sublime in a film that was just firing bullets on the surface. It really didnt need that to make a mark on the minds of the critics. But it is a welcome fan for many Colin Farell fans whose career resembled an abnormal sine curve. It would take him another couple of these kind of movies to revive what he has lost.