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'In Bruges' starring Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson and Ralph Feinnes. Written and directed by Malcolm McDonagh.

Hitmen Farrell and Gleeson are sent to Bruges, Belgium, to await a phonecall from their boss 'Harry'.
Ray (Farrell) hates it there, thinks its gay and boring and full of old crappy buildings. Whilst Ken (Gleeson) loves the history and the fabulous beers and the canals etc.
What begins as a sort of seen-it-all-before-20-times 'Odd Couple', changes into something else. The language is at times outrageous, straight from the streets of Belfast, swearing, racism etc. But it is funny and not particularly offensive because of it's realism.

The dialogue itself is worthy of note, I thought it was particularly well done. Gleeson plays very well and completely different to his 'Mad-Eye Moody' portrayal in the Potter series. Farrell does well too although his outward facial expressions of what he is supposed to be thinking are slightly overdone and makes his character look slightly ******ed.

This film is dark to the point of nihilism, it includes moderate violence, strong language, racist midgets and heavy drug use/abuse.

I have been careful not to disclose any plot points after the initial set-up and if you watch it, you will understand why. It's a fairly simple story but brought to life with an amazing setting, some nice camerawork and brilliant character interplay.

I can't wait to visit Bruges after seeing how beautiful it seems in this film.

Tef rating; not for under 15s. Real rating 18.