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Killer No Holiday: Killer Reflections in the Context of British Black Humor

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There are countless movies about killers, each with its own unique highlights, but mainstream movies still focus on the handsomeness of the characters and the thrilling plot, and today's sharing fungus will introduce you to a unique killer movie "Killer No Holiday" formerly known as In Bruges (in Bruges).

Killer No Holiday: Killer Reflections in the Context of British Black Humor

The film was the opening film of the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. Directed by Martin McDonald and co-starring Colin Farrell, Bledan Gleason, Ralph Fiennes and Eric Gordon, it tells the story of the killer Ray (Colin Farrell) who accidentally kills a child in an operation, causing the anger of the boss of the organization and hunting him down.

This plot is not a very common genre, the film from the soft music at the beginning can feel that this is a biased psychological film, the film allows us to see the killer Ray who is very guilty of his mistakes, and the partner Ken who can't do anything to him or even persuade him not to commit suicide, as well as the boss who adheres to the principle of killer and glory.

Killer No Holiday: Killer Reflections in the Context of British Black Humor

The content of this movie is very confusing, and the audience can't help but wonder who is right when following the development of the plot, is it ken right to persuade Ray not to commit suicide? Or is it right to stick to the principle that a boss who must commit suicide after killing a child?

But seeing the ending is a little confused, after all, we are not real killers, nor do we know the logic of their actions and the glory of their pursuit. However, the film still has an unexpected ending in ray's long-term torture of himself: Ken supports the glory of the organization, and after sending Ray away, he almost resists and lets the boss shoot himself, but he finds that Ray returns to the city and wakes Ray from the bell tower on his deathbed.

Ray and the boss let go of the lady boss of the inn when they fled, and even made an appointment to go out together, not to hurt the pregnant women, and their strange obsession made the pregnant women present speechless.

Killer No Holiday: Killer Reflections in the Context of British Black Humor

In the end, the boss still kills Ray, but the special bullet he bought passes through the body and kills a dwarf who rushes to the scene, Ray wants to tell the boss the truth before dying, but the stubborn boss immediately kills himself for the glory of the killer, and finally Ray lies in the ambulance and recalls the guilt of the child and the nostalgia for the lover he met in the local area, in this complicated mood the film ends, without saying whether Ray is dead or alive.

Killer No Holiday: Killer Reflections in the Context of British Black Humor

This movie is to think about whether the killer will have guilt, whether they have their inner persistence, along with British humor we see this slightly sad story in all kinds of wonderful laughs, the black humor in a quiet atmosphere is indescribable, absurd and always gloomy to make people feel sad.

Such a story will only please a few people after all, the death of only a few people in this film did not make any big waves, but there was an uproar in the hearts of several of them, their inner struggle made the meaning of this film a lot deeper, and the film's gentle soundtrack appeared on the bloody and complex scenes so that the audience's hearts could not help but have many chaotic thoughts.

This is a movie that belongs to adults, not that there are any restrictive elements in the film, but the highlights of this film can only be found by sinking down and carefully experiencing, like a cup of tea, the more fragrant it is.

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