In Bruges

In Bruges

This movies stars Collin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, and Ralph Fiennes. Written and Directed by Martin McDonagh. This movie is great, Farrell and Gleeson do a great job of showing the relationship of their characters. So well in fact that right off the bat you can tell that these 2 guys have been working together for a long time and act as if they are brothers. I loved the bickering and banter between these 2 characters and their relationship is very important to the movie because it is what the whole movie is based on.

I have to give credit to where it is due, Martin McDonagh wrote a great script which made it easier for our three characters to thrive in. Fiennes comes into the movie half way through and I was worried that his introduction would change the feel of the movie to much, but instead he blended in very well. Like throwing a third ball to a juggler, Fiennes came into the movie and his character moved flawlessly into place.

The movie was filmed in Brugge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. I loved the look of the old buildings and stone streets. This gave the movie a great old Eastern European city feel and added a nice look to the film, the eye candy was just as interesting as the character development.

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The only bad I will say about the movie is that Gleeson's death was hard to believe. He falls a couple of stories from a tower after being shot and survived long enough to talk to Farrell before finally dieing. The fall would have killed him. But it didn't distract me from the moment and it was more of an after thought so I can't say that it was that bad.

I give this movie 4.5 out of 5 stars