After an extremely busy Saturday, we felt like doing little more than watching a movie on Saturday night; henceforth, that’s precisely what we did. Of the three movies that were lying around (thank goodness for LoveFilm), Racey (who was staying with us over the weekend) and Kristy picked In Bruges. I didn’t know anything about it, but judging a book by its cover – suffice to say I wasn’t excited.
Suffice also to say that I’ve never been more wrong with a first impression. The movie is excellent! Absolutely excellent. A word of warning – it’s very graphic in some parts – but you always see these parts coming, so don’t be dissuaded!
This is one of those movies where it’s hard to talk about the plot too much without giving it away, but the basic premise of the story is – a hitman makes a “bad hit” on a job in Lonodon, and needs to escape the city. As such, his boss sends him and his hitman friend to Bruges to lay low for a while. The movie picks up shortly after their arrival, and follows what they get up to whilst they are there.
Yes, I’m sure you’re now seeing why I wasn’t super excited when I first saw the movie, but you really have to trust me on this one, it’s great. Go and hire it, now! gerrod.com rating: 9.5/10.
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but would Mum like it?
Err, it’s not really a Mum movie, but she wouldn’t hate it…
I think she might hate it. It’s graphically violent, and there’s a lot of bad language…
Does it star Bruge Willis?
We’re half way through it now, and it is hilarious. Really, laugh out loud funny. If it keeps up, I really think it will have moved to my top 5 movie list.