McCheesy's take on "In Bruges"

Rating: 8/10 (21 June 2008)

-CONTAINS SPOILERS- Ray: Don't know any Belgium jokes, and if I did I think I'd have the good sense not to...hang on. Is Belgium with all those child abuse murders lately? I do know a Belgium joke. What's Belgium famous for? Chocolates and child abuse, and they only invented the chocolates to get to the kids.
The line above is only one of the several hilarious, yet sometimes offensive to some, one liners in the film. There's this other very offensive joke about a see-saw and a big fat f'ing retarded black woman but I wouldn't dare tread on that.
In Bruges is funny, violent, sarcastic, witty, smart, rude, offensive, boisterous but all in all - laugh out loud fun. Colin Farrell's performance as Ray the disgruntled hit-man is so wickedly hilarious you couldn't stop laughing at his witty one liners and all that crass, rude jokes. His buddy is co-assassin Ken, excellently portrayed by Brendan Gleeson whose deep reserve for Colin's Ray takes on a whole new level when he jumps out of a bell tower to save his best mate's life. That's what I call "brothers-fo-life" On the other hand, there's the villain boss Harry, whose demeaning stature and ruthless persona perfectly fits the actor who plays him: the demeaning and ruthless Ralph Fiennes.
'In Bruges' is one of those films that's so good you probably haven't even seen it yet.