IN BRUGES

Channel 4 · Action · 27 Aug 2010 · by: Channel 4

Martin McDonagh's Oscar-nominated, BAFTA-winning Film4 debut film stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson as Ray and Ken, two professional Irish hitmen. After a botched job, they're sent by their boss Harry Waters (Ralph Fiennes) to hide out in Bruges. Ken loves the city and its history; Ray hates it, until he hooks up with beautiful drugs dealer Chloe (Clemence Poesy) and a mouthy dwarf actor, Jimmy (Jordan Prentice). Unfortunately, just as life seems to be improving for the two hitmen, psychopathic Harry phones to deliver stark instructions: the nature of the botched hit has offended his sense of morality and he's decided to break up the partnership, ordering one of the duo to kill the other. This tests the bond linking the three men, and leads to a violent denouement in the ancient city's cobbled streets. Network TV premiere.