Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAIN.
EAN: 0025195016322
Format: AC-3
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2008-06-24
Running Time: 107
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
MPN: 62102023

Colin Farrell and Academy Award-nominee Ralph Fiennes star in this edgy action-packed comedy filled with thrilling chases spectacular shoot-outs and an explosive ending you won't want to miss!Hit men Ray (Farrell) and Ken (Brendan Gleeson Harry Potter) have been ordered to cool their heels in the storybook city of Bruges (it's in Belgium) after finishing a big job. But since hit men make the worst tourists they soon find themselves in a life & death struggle of comic proportions against one very angry crime boss (Fiennes)!System Requirements:Running Time: 107 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE/ODD COUPLES Rating: R UPC: 025195016322 Manufacturer No: 62102023

Customer Rating:
Summary: My God what a horrible movie
Comment: Get ready for the outrageous and unpredictable fun you will ever have in Bruges, the movie critics are calling "wildy entertaining"

That's what it says on the back of the DVD case. I really can't imagine who would call this movie "fun". Depressing, pointless, poorly made, poorly written. All of those things. But "fun"?

"A life-and-death struggle of comic proportions"... I can't imagine who would find this movie "comic". This is what I expected when I rented it. The trailers shown in the theater leads you to believe that it is a comedy. This impression results from the fact that they packed every funny scene in the movie into the trailer. The rest of the movie is bleak, terrible and pointless. If you like pointless Dutch films, then "In Bruges" is for you. For the rest of us, give this terrible film a pass. What a horrid waste of time. I want my 107 minutes back. The only reason I made it all the way through the film was that I was too stunned to believe that a film that was promoted as a comedy could really, really be this bleak and terrible.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Interesting Film - NOT A COMEDY
Comment: Don't pay attention to any of the "canned" blurbs about this movie. It is about as far from a comedy as you can get. Its a very dark film with some comedic moments and a warped sense of irony. In the end, it tells an old story... bad people, no matter how charming or repentant, still are bad people.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: One Strange, Quirky Movie That Kept Me Laughing!!
Comment: Just watched this last night on dvd.... I enjoyed this artsy, quirky film immensely and enjoyed that it kept me laughing at unexpected moments with its dark humor! The acting, storyline and the dark comedy on the whole makes "In Bruges" an excellent movie to watch...

Must say that "In Bruges" is also a refreshing change of pace in terms of movies that are the usual slapstick comedies that get old to watch after a while!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: excellent movie
Comment: This movie was excellent! Both funny and dramatic. If you like European films, you will love this. We had a great time watching it. Would recommend to anyone!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Who would enjoy this film?
Comment: So do you like violent films, or are you someone who enjoys beautiful scenery? Well, this film will please neither. It is too slow paced for the car chase and shoot-out crowd, and far too full of graphic violence to please those with more gentle sensibilities. So who is this film's intended audience? Someone who can enjoy "clever" dialog - except hit-men are dysfunctional (and possibly stupid) by definition, and you have to enjoy the f-word a lot. What we are left with is an audience who enjoys the existential pleasures of watching the sensibilities of hit-men buddies who are "doing their thing" - ah yes, they could get something out of it. "Pulp fiction" aficionados perhaps? Fans of dark comedy? Maybe "Kind hearts and Coronets" would be a better alternative. Would they care that the story takes place in Bruges?

This film wouldn't please the "realism" crowd either - people don't usually commit suicide by jumping from very tall bell towers as a short cut to the ground, in order to deliver a message (or at least provide a distraction). After they splat (truly) like a sack of tomatoes, they shouldn't be saying much either. I couldn't help wishing that the idiots had all killed themselves in the first five minutes, and then we could have enjoyed a nice tour of Bruges.

In the extras, there actually is a nice barge tour of the city center of Bruges (with no video cuts), although LARGE AND DISTRACTING SUPERSCRIPTS AND SUBSCRIPTS are embedded as video (so you can't turn them off) in order to describe the city's history.

Certainly this is a unique and visually beautiful film, but after the first viewing, the fast-forward button may be useful. I give it two stars for some nice scenery.

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