British Humor

Rating: 7/10 (10 August 2009)

For those of us who try to avoid Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie's Hollywood pop corn & explosion mega-movies, well this was tempting.
An European movie shot in Europe with a good old James Bond flavor.
We barely have British movies where we live, and to tell the truth we didn't know they have a film industry that would not just take the state subsidies and play in a Festival to resume the usual non-Hollywood movie lifetime.
Well known actors hiding in the city of Bruges, playing hit men on the lurk , waiting for directions, arguing each other and the ubiquitous romance with a local cute girl.
Farrell's is acting of Real life Farrell and thats a role that suits him at his best.
It was such a surprise that the comedy is dark , very dark, and not what we use to see these days , what it lacks is a good argument.
A little more reflecting the euro life would've been a bonus, we don't have the chance of seeing much socialist Europe with an overvalued currency , excellent health care system and that. The stereotype portrayed of Americans is a must see.
A good effort portraying Europe from within Europe with European sense of ( dark ) humor and that's it , don't expect much more. The screenplay is excellent, just hope to see movies like this with more content in the future.