in bruges

this film is a story about two assassins who are sent away to lay low after a hit goes wrong. the two guys are very different, but are good friends. colin farrell plays the young brash assassin who made the mistake in the first place, and brendan gleeson is the more mature reasonable fellow accompanying him. to lay low, they head to bruges, a quaint beautiful town in belgium. gleeson likes the mellow feel of the place and enjoys the brake, but ferrell hates it and is itching to get out of there. what follows is a slow, beautiful character study about what it really means to be an assassin, and how it has effected these two guys. its no wonder farrell won a golden globe for his work here. there are some great moments of humor along the way as these two figure out what's next. by the ending we have found a respect for both these men, and a twisted strange little tale told well.