Colin Farrell(Ray) and Brendan Gleeson(Ken) play two hit men who are sent to Bruges Belgium to cool out after a hit that went bad.
Ray is the young up and comer, and it was his first job, and Ken is the veteran. So when they get to Bruges, and find out they're sharing a room, opinions differ.
Ray sees Bruges as a personal hell, a place where he's trapped. Ken looks at it as a chance to sight see, to soak up their culture. He spends his time, soaking up the sights, visiting churchs, other points of historical interest.
Ray spends his time complaining, rolling his eyes, and wanting to go to the pub. Polar opposites.
Ralph Fiennes plays Harry, the boss who sent them there to cool out. He is not happy with how the last hit happened, and it's explained during the movie why. Harry has his own set of standards, and feels that Ray should adopt to his.
Colin Farrell does a great job as Ray. And he plays an Irish hit man, where he's from, so his natural accent comes out. And he's great, and pulls off being funny alot better than I thought he would.
Brendan Gleeson plays the veteran, nuturing guy to a T. He's somewhat funny, and you get a feeling of warmth about him, despite the fact that his job is to kill people.
I thought the script for this was well written. When you think back, alot of things were going on, but how it was written, and the pacing, you never feel frantic. It all rolls out, and multiple things happen at once, but you don't realize it til the end.
And the film is chock full of things you wouldn't fine in most comedies. A suicidal hit man, a racist dwarf, a movie shot in Bruges, and everybody speaks English, too many to really list.
There were some slow parts to it. And sometimes, despite speaking English for most of myu life, the accents sometimes threw you. Unlike Trainspotting, where everyone had the same accent, you had the Irish accent, and then the British, and it threw you some. I think I may rewatch it with subtitles to see what I missed the first time.
But it wasn't bad overall. I'll give it a 7.5 out of 10. There were some slow parts, but I think once I watch it again, I'll pick up on a few things.
