In Bruges (2008)

Don't Believe the Hype

A Masterpiece!

Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

This movie raises existential questions about life and meaning when two hit men are ordered to spend time in Bruge, a picturesque, Flemish part of Belgium. Along the way to facing questions such as why pregnant mothers and children deserve special protection that life-stained adults do not, you'll wade through drunken, drug-induced attempts to dampen the meaninglessness of life, together with attempts to connect in romance and pleasure, and even some admirable bravery. I thought the story was just too indulgent in terms of violence that it's legitimacy and storyline was somewhat undermined. Still, it does deliver a wake up call to those who are tempted to float, dreamlike through life without grounding themselves in First Things that genuinely are seeds of true meaningful, fulfilling life.

I knew nothing about In Bruges except that it takes place in Bruges, Belgium, and yet I was completely surprised by it. 10 minutes in and I was beginning to get the sense that I was not going to like this film much. It took a while longer but slowly I was drawn into the story and started to care a little bit about the characters. A few more story twists later and I was engaged, and before I knew it the film had finished. There are quite a few problems with In Bruges but despite all of them I actually I did enjoy it. It's humor is often times dark (which a lot of folks don't get/like in general) some of the scenes are contrived, and there's quite a bit of killing for a film that is in large part a comedy. So if you're the type of person open to all of those elements in the same film, see it, if you're not one of those folks then stay away.

I love! i feel different because this film is very impressive with everything, imagery, acting..

This is a great film. The characters are brilliantly acted and written. Even the characters with little screen time have so much subtleties and mannerisms that I loved. Martin McDonoughs first feature film, and a great one at that. It will have you thinking about it days after you finish it.If you mostly watch big budget action movies. (which is fine there's no shame in it), and you haven't seen many other types of movies, I would highly recommend you see this, or if you just love film in general check it out on YouTube... someone literally uploaded the entire thing. Just watch it now, what your doing isn't more important. Ya dickhead