The picturebook location may have helped to give this Irish crime drama a necessary kick up its arse. No matter. Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell, as hitmen out of their depth, ordered to spend a sabbatical in Bruges, stand out as an odd couple and the environment is used to the full to play on their differences. Sure, it's just a B-movie, but one that's sure of itself and leaking dry wit through most scenes. And then Ralph Fiennes turns up and does a fairly good job of giving Kingsley in Sexy Beast a run for his money as the surprise thesp being a horrid Cockney villain.If McDonagh gets beyond more than moneymaker fare, he may yet go far.
7/10
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