Excellent movie for the right audience

Rating: 8/10 (29 September 2012)

Synopsis: Hit men Ken (Brendan Gleeson) and Ray (Colin Farrell) are banished to Bruges, Belgium by their boss Harry (Ralph Fiennes) to await further instruction after their latest job goes awry. The "timeout" pushes both to reflect on their lives and their work.
Quick Take: Director Martin McDonagh does a remarkable job squeezing the most out of the location and the characters and manages to successfully craft a movie about assassins that focuses not on the action but on the people. All the actors, from the three male leads down to the supporting cast give spot-on performances that are just the right amount of dour, the right amount of sarcastic, and dark, and funny. This isn't an action movie, really. There is no twist, no whodunnit, no car chase sequence, no massive explosions. As such, it could come out dry to certain types of audiences. But it certainly shouldn't be missed by those with an open mind looking for a quality treat.
Watch: If you like characters, one liners, sarcastic remarks, dark humor, off-beat, un-politically correct references. If you can live with it being stripped of adrenaline action scenes, you'll be rewarded with the fine performances of the actors and the director.
Don't Watch: If the above-stated type of humor does not suit you and you are easily offended by certain kinds of remarks. I wouldn't recommend this to people like my mom who have short attention spans and have no appreciation for dialogue. If you're not going to mind what's being said and are relying on action and effects, then this isn't for you.