What is in Bruges??

Rating: 10/10 (22 August 2008)

From what i had heard about this movie, it could have been like "Apocalypse Now" or it could have been another one of those movies which are spoofed in the likes of "Pulp Fiction". But it wasn't. I don't know whether its an adapted screenplay or an original one, still this is such a movie that i won't mind even if the novel is written for the movie. A classy cinematography, Gothic photography, amazing screenplay (the most unpredictable one), very mature acting by a superb star-cast, enough humor to keep me amused with a wide smile on my face, and the core of it all, the theme or drama never being misplaced in this simple looking complex film. The director Martin McDonaugh is a winner already. I would certainly not compare it to anything that has been done before, but would go as far to say it a benchmark for the movies to come. A complete package of everything that is required for a blockbuster but with a little difference because it is in Bruges.