Martin McDonagh, 2008
After Ray (Colin Farrell), a young hit-man, accidentally kills a child during his first hit, he and his mentor, Ken (Brendan Gleeson), are sent to hide out in the tiny town of Bruges.I liked this one quite a bit. It's sharply written, with snappy dialogue, and manages to swing between comedy, tragedy, and surrealism without ever violating its own tone. Colin Farrell gives the performance of his career (or at least the portion that I've seen) as, essentially, a child in a man's body, and Ralph Fiennes is nearly unrecognizable as the vengeful crime boss. The ending is very interesting, taking a fairly grounded story and recasting it as a sort of fairy tale (as alluded to by several characters), albeit one seen through a fractured lens. The dialogue does at times, particularly when Harry is involved, slip into that maddening Tarantino-esque "repeating myself slowly to sound badass" sort of pattern that I hate so much, but fortunately those moments are few and far between.
8.5/10
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