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In Bruges is Martin Macdonagh's second film (he won an Oscar for his first, Six Shooter, but it was Best Short Film, so no-one's ever heard of it). It's vintage Macdonagh. Two Irish hitmen, in hiding after a botched job, are sent by their boss to sit things out in Bruges for a while and await his phone call, bringing further instructions. They kill time trailing around the beautiful mediaeval Old Town, like two fish out of water. Then the phone call comes, ushering in a succession of thrilling twists and turns that end very bloodily indeed.

SPOILERS BEHIND THE CUT FOR IN BRUGES AND THE PILLOWMAN

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