It's a black comedy full of tragedy, is it a comedy? Yeah, its biggest joke is "a killer wants to kill himself, and his killer friend wants to kill him." He confiscated his gun and then died for him", seemingly only one "Finally he committed suicide" to make the joke even more perfect.
No killer film has been made like this. With so many principles, repentance, ruthlessness, self-abandonment and righteousness. Every corner is so depressing. It was as if something was anxious to find an exit, but there was nowhere to vent. Yet it is so witty and casual, with a lot of fatalism. Laugh and enjoy, continue to write, or choose to end yourself, away from the world you don't like.
Everyone's future is full of unknowns, and they can choose to spend their lives in the way they like, with endless possibilities. Instead of stopping abruptly under the cold muzzle of the gun. The three killers of the protagonist, a killer with an artistic sense and fraternity, a determined and principled killer, and a killer who atone for his sins and repent.
The film has a very personal character, the British are in Belgium, the film has a lot of bruces of the cityscape shots, let me think of another film "Daisy", the two film styles are somewhat similar, the scenery inside gives me an exotic charm, ancient architecture, Christian oil paintings.
There are few actors in the film, the young killer killed an innocent boy when he was on a mission, for which he suffered from his conscience, and the head also wanted to take his life, the elder killer died to protect him, this movie has no attitude to avoid, filming a lot of decadent capitalist culture, prostitutes, drug addiction, show us that in fact, not developed countries are the best, every beautiful place will have dark corners, the only real, only this world.
The owner sent the two killers on vacation to Bruges while waiting for their next "mission" while on vacation in Bruges, which was a very special holiday. Bruges, who is a bit lifeless, is a shitole in the eyes of the energetic ray, he needs some excitement and fun, and in the eyes of the more mature and stable Ken, Bruges is a good holiday destination. The first half of the film shows the two stumbling during their vacation, meeting some new friends, something funny happens, and slowly unfolding the plot in a very dark and humorous tone. It wasn't until the 2-person boss Harry secretly issued the next "instruction" that the audience found out that in fact, these two people were not really on vacation, the real purpose of coming to Bruges was still a task, the humorous mood was replaced by a faint and helpless sense of sadness, the original killer did not have a holiday, but the killer is also an ordinary person, there is affection between the killer and the killer, the brotherhood of birth and death, they also have the principles that must be followed, they have their own work ethic. In the end, we see that the three killers all ended in tragedy, and this story tells us a truth: the killer is not good!
The screenwriter uses these three killers to express that people always struggle in emotions and principles, obviously the killer blames himself and feels guilty for killing a little boy by mistake, and because of the death of a little boy, he indirectly kills three people. In fact, by the end of the film, the reason for the manslaughter of the little boy is no longer important, and the last thing left is the protection of friends, the persistence of principles, and the desire for life.
Another movie that cleverly connects seemingly insignificant people to the end and finds that everyone is the main character, including the boyfriend of the inn lady who was discovered when the couple who was beaten up in the restaurant was cheating on each other, these seemingly small but play an important role in the film If there is no them, it is estimated that the protagonist would have escaped every day or died at the boss's gun a long time ago.
In the end, the protagonist is not dead, he is still alive, but it is estimated that he may live all his life in that beautiful fairy tale but makes him disgusted by the bruces.
I think the director should want to express that there are many ridiculous things in life, and the places you hate and want to escape are often more inseparable, and the more you want to get, the more you will often become untouchable.