This is an unexpected treat for a dark comedy that is very original.

Rating: 9/10 (2 July 2008)

A new Contract Killer Ray (Colin Farrell) and his older wiser partner Ken (Brendan Gleeson) are sent to hide out in Bruges by their boss Harry (Ralph Fiennes) after an unexpected accident from a job goes wrong. Which Ray is very unhappy with the situation being sent to a city, he doesn't quite know. Although his partner is happy being in the city, especially for sight seeing and learning the history of Bruges. Ray meets Chloe (Clémence Poésy) in a movie set, which he completely finds himself attractive to her. Since Chloe is a drug dealer for a living. Both men find some happiness in the city while being stuck there, which they have to wait for Harry's call in the hotel. Although Ray is battling with depression after his first hit.
Written and Directed by Martin McDonagh made an fresh, intriguing, darkly funny comedy that has hints of drama and sadness as well. McDonagh's premise could have been really cliché, there's plenty of movies about Hit-Mans. Also his movie doesn't try to be cool as well, which it's quite unique. Farrell is excellent in the picture, i haven't seen him this good in a movie (Although his dialogue are hard to understand at times, since he has a thick Irish accent). Gleeson is terrific as well. Poséy is certainly a great talent to watch for, since she's very beautiful as well. Fiennes is a hoot as the vulgar boss, which his dialogue are hilarious. Jordan Prentice is also good as the racist drug-user dwarf actor.
DVD has an sharp anamorphic Widescreen (2.35:1) transfer and an good Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound. I would have love to get an running commentary track by the filmmaker or even from the cast members but sadly we didn't get it. The DVD features are good, which it includes:Deleted/Extended Scenes, Bloopers and Featurettes. This is one of the few movies i been really impressive with from this year releases. It was certainly much better than i hoped for and it manages to be quite touching at times. For sure, "In Bruges" is going to be one of my ten 10 movies of 2008. This feature is not to be missed. Super 35. (**** ½/*****).