This dark action comedy written and directed by Martin McDonagh pairs Hollywood heartthrob Colin Farrell with Irish character actor Brendan Gleeson as two assassins in hiding. Farrell plays the role of Ray, a young hitman who accidentally kills a boy on one of his assignments. Ray and his veteran partner Ken (Gleeson) are sent to the Belgian city of Bruges by their boss Harry Waters (Ralph Fiennes). They are to stay there for an indefinite period of time until ordered otherwise. Elderly Ken is delighted with the quaint city, while Ray is bored and restless. Ray meets a young woman named Chloe (Clemence Poesy) by happenchance, and they start a relationship. On a date in a restaurant Ray gets into a fight with a couple sitting at one of the tables. Meanwhile, Ken finally receives the long awaited call from Harry, who orders him to kill Ray, since he believes that killing a child is unforgivable under any circumstances. Ken finds Ray in a park just as he is about to shoot himself, but instead of letting him go through with his suicide he intervenes and tells him all about Harry’s orders. On Ken’s advice, Ray boards a train out of Bruges, but he is soon arrested for attacking the couple in the restaurant and brought back to the city. Then, when Ken calls Harry to inform him that he has disobeyed his orders, Harry urgently travels to Bruges, after which all hell breaks loose. Chloe bails Ray out of jail, but with Harry in Bruges and breathing down his neck his hopes of surviving are little to none.