“You were gonna kill me?”
“You were gonna kill yourself!”
”... I’m allowed!”

The thing that shocked me most about this after all I’d heard about it is despite, yes, it’s full of swears and violence etc … how genuinely warm it is. By the time the climax comes, though these characters are tremendously flawed and potty-mouthed, you really feel what they’re going through as they get their come-uppance etc in the end. Again there’s quite a Grosse Pointe Blank-y vibe to this movie, the juxtaposition of the violence there with the small town, here with the tourist spot, and the awkward relationship between two hitmen. It’s easily the best film I’ve seen so far this year, Carter Burwell’s score is typically gorgeous, and Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson are perhaps the best they’ve ever been. (Incidentally sorry for the short and scattered reviews this week: Second Life and new Mac have taken precedence lol)

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