Archive for April 14th, 2008
Released 18th April 2008
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You know when you’re onto a real winner when one of the opening lines rings true: “Didn’t know where the f**k Bruges was? …It’s in Belgium”. Martin McDonagh’s fantastic and deliciously devilish dark comedy is full of laugh-out-loud subtleties in a barrage of totally un-PC and coarse dialogue.
Out to own on DVD 15th September.
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This is one of those indie Brit films you’ll hear about first through word-of-mouth, purely because the plot sounds so incredible and tad controversial: A London tube driver who has had two ‘one-unders’ (fatal accidents) is trying to find a suicidal person to be the third so that he can get the ‘mystical’ huge pay off, and live happily ever in solitary bliss in the depths of the Scottish glens. At the screening, the makers and distributor were sensitive enough to include an ‘Issues raised’ claimer in the press pack that both London Underground and the Samaritans were included in the making of the film — before those of the public out there begin leaping on collective soapboxes to take issue! However, reports are already appearing in the local London press that certain transport members are less than impressed, particularly Tube unions who are failing to see the funny side of the whole film, which will only go to fuel intrigue further.
