Ken and Ray are a pair of hitmen cooling their heals in Bruges, Belgium, on the orders of their boss following their latest hit. Ray (Colin Farrell) is wound-up, nervous, and acts like a kid being dragged around a museum by his parents in the person of Ken (Brendan Gleeson). Ken looks and acts like a friendly uncle to the squirming Ray, scolding him when he misbehaves and trying to calm him as Ray complains about being stuck in Bruges. It’s rather quaint until we are reminded of the gruesome business the pair have just completed back in England and the psychopath, Harry Waters, who sent them there. This dark comedy definitely comes down on the dark side of the spectrum, but there is something sweetly naive and endearing about Ray, even as he decks an American at a restaurant for complaining about Chloe’s (Ray’s date) cigarette smoke. The American (who actually is Canadian (just his luck)) wonders why he and his wife should have to die because of the (smoke-blowing) arrogance of Chloe. Ray points out that’s probably what the Vietnamese thought before decking the pair and escorting Chloe home. Ray is frequently very much like a five-year-old with no impulse control and fierce fighting skills, but a childish sense of right and wrong. It falls to Ken to help Ray grow up before it’s too late.