A Good Dose of Irony but Unnecessarily Vulgar

Rating: 4/10 (5 December 2015)

Two hit men named "Ken" (Brendon Gleeson) and "Ray" (Colin Farrell) are sent to a small town in Belgium and told to wait for further instructions. It is then disclosed that Ray has accidentally killed a young boy in a church while in the process of killing his assigned target and this event has haunted Ray deeply. Ken fully understands and tries to console Ray the best that he can but because Ray is so neurotic it becomes quite a challenge in itself. However, things change quickly when Ken is informed by their boss, Harry (Ralph Fiennes) that his next assignment is to kill—Ray. Now, in between some beautiful scenery, a fairly interesting plot and a good dose of irony, there is more than a little profanity which some might believe gives the movie its flavor. To me it just seemed crass and vulgar which further lowered my opinion of it. Considering the high rating I am obviously in the minority but in any case I have rated this film accordingly. Below average.