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In Bruges (2008)

★ 7.5 · 5,733 ratings on TMDB

Shoot first. Sightsee later.

In Bruges poster★ 7.5

Ray and Ken, two hit men, are in Bruges, Belgium, waiting for their next mission. While they are there they have time to think and discuss their previous assignment. When the mission is revealed to Ken, it is not what he expected.

DirectorMartin McDonagh
CastBrendan Gleeson, Clémence Poésy, Colin Farrell, Elizabeth Berrington, Jordan Prentice, Jérémie Renier
GenresComedy, Crime, Drama
The emergence reading

In Bruges keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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