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{{quote|''"...Fucking Bruges."''|'''[[Arc Words|Everyone in the entire film]]'''}}

A 2008 tragicomedy about [[Hitman ~~With~~ a Heart|two likable hitmen]] hiding out in [[Useful Notes/Belgium|Belgium]]. Ray is a rookie with a foul mouth, a fouler disposition, and a bizarre obsession with "midgets". Ken is an experienced professional with intellectual interests and curiosity about the medieval city's history (though he's no slouch in the profanity department). They spend their days either exploring the city, waiting for [[Mean Boss|their even more foul-mouthed]] [[Neighbourhood Friendly Gangsters|boss]] to call them and tell them what to do next, all the while providing much witty commentary about [[World Limited to ~~The~~ Plot|beautiful-but-boring Bruges]].

A 2008 tragicomedy about [[Hitman with a Heart|two likable hitmen]] hiding out in [[Useful Notes/Belgium|Belgium]]. Ray is a rookie with a foul mouth, a fouler disposition, and a bizarre obsession with "midgets". Ken is an experienced professional with intellectual interests and curiosity about the medieval city's history (though he's no slouch in the profanity department). They spend their days either exploring the city, waiting for [[Mean Boss|their even more foul-mouthed]] [[Neighbourhood Friendly Gangsters|boss]] to call them and tell them what to do next, all the while providing much witty commentary about [[World Limited to the Plot|beautiful-but-boring Bruges]].

[[First Law of Tragicomedies|And then everything goes to hell.]]

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** The DVD contains all the profanity in the movie [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDyEbUUpiLc edited into a single montage]. Despite very rapid editing, it runs over a minute and a half.

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGiCVdrYji4 You're an inanimate ******* object] [[Stupid Statement Dance Mix]]

* {{spoiler|[[Contract On the Hitman]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Contract on the Hitman]]}}

* [[Country Matters]]: "Harry, let's face it- and I'm not being funny, and I mean no disrespect- but you're a cunt. You're a cunt now, you've always been a cunt, and the only thing that's gonna change is that you're gonna become an even bigger cunt, [[I Take Offense to That Last One|maybe have some more cunt kids]]."

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]

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** Also, neither Ray nor Harry would fight in the inn with the innocent (and pregnant) bystander there.

* [[Eye Scream]]: A crook tries to rob Ray with a gun loaded with blanks. Ray disarms him and shoots him from point-blank range, permanently blinding him in one eye.

* [[Face Death ~~With~~ Dignity]]: Ken. Though he'd apparently hoped it would stop Harry from shooting him at all. It didn't.

* [[Face Death with Dignity]]: Ken. Though he'd apparently hoped it would stop Harry from shooting him at all. It didn't.

* [[Famous Last Words]]: {{spoiler|"I'm gonna die now, I think."}}

** {{spoiler|"You've got to stick to your principles."}}

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* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]: Harry.

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: {{spoiler|Despite being shot in the leg and neck, Ken manages to climb back up to the bell tower and jump to the ground, alerting Ray to Harry's presence.}}

* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: The three leads are fairly well-known on their own accord, but it can be disorienting to watch ''[[Harry Potter|Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'' and then watch this film, given the presence of Gleeson, Fiennes, and Fleur Delacour's actress Clémence Poésy. Also, [[Heroes (TV)|Danko]]'s vacation was a bit stressful and that's why he's so tightly wound.

* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: The three leads are fairly well-known on their own accord, but it can be disorienting to watch ''[[Harry Potter|Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'' and then watch this film, given the presence of Gleeson, Fiennes, and Fleur Delacour's actress Clémence Poésy. Also, [[Heroes (TV series)|Danko]]'s vacation was a bit stressful and that's why he's so tightly wound.

** A deleted scene has [[Doctor Who|Eleventh Doctor]] [[Matt Smith]], as a younger Harry, {{spoiler|decapitate}} a policeman named Potter, in a 1970s police station. Or, to phrase it differently, "Harry, as The Doctor, kills Potter, years before he was Voldemort, in the setting of [[Life On Mars]]."

** The Canadian Ray hits is Zeljko Ivanek, who played the governor on ''[[Oz]]'', the Magister on ''[[True Blood]]'' and Prosecutor Ed Danvers in ''[[Homicide Life On the Street]]''. As well as [[Heroes (TV)|Danko]], and the shooter from "Last Resort" on ''[[House (TV)|House]]''.

** The Canadian Ray hits is Zeljko Ivanek, who played the governor on ''[[Oz]]'', the Magister on ''[[True Blood]]'' and Prosecutor Ed Danvers in ''[[Homicide: Life On the Street]]''. As well as [[Heroes (TV series)|Danko]], and the shooter from "Last Resort" on ''[[House (TV series)|House]]''.

* [[Hookers and Blow]]

{{quote| "I'vegotfourgramsonmeandonegraminmewhichiswhymeheart'sgoingliketheclappers ..."}}

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* [[I Take Offense to That Last One]]: Harry has no problem being told that he is, was and always will be a cunt, but if you call his kids cunts, he gets quite upset.

* [[Jerkass]]: Everyone have a fair share of moments for being this. Harry, Eirik and the Canadian guy in particular.

* [[Jerk ~~With~~ a Heart of Gold]]: Ray may be a rude, bigoted pottymouth, but he feels genuinely guilty for {{spoiler|shooting the little boy.}} Ken tactfully suggests that he might not really be cut out to be a professional killer.

* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Ray may be a rude, bigoted pottymouth, but he feels genuinely guilty for {{spoiler|shooting the little boy.}} Ken tactfully suggests that he might not really be cut out to be a professional killer.

* [[Kill Me Now or Forever Stay Your Hand]]: The stand off between Harry and Ken in the tower. {{spoiler|Partially subverted when Harry shoots Ken in the leg; fully subverted when Harry shoots to kill to prevent Ken from stopping Harry's attempt to kill Ray.}}

* [[Little People Are Surreal]]: Starts out lampshaded, gets subverted, gets turned into [[Reality Ensues]], and almost edges into being played straight.

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** ''She had [[Grievous Bottley Harm|a bottle!]]''

* [[Wouldn't Hurt a Child]]: Harry is very protective of children, possibly due to having several of his own. This becomes a major plot point.

* [[World Limited to ~~The~~ Plot]]: Bruges. We get a brief glimpse of Harry's domestic life, a flashback to Ray's fuckup at the church, and a train escape sequence that never goes anywhere -- Ray is led right back to Bruges.

* [[World Limited to the Plot]]: Bruges. We get a brief glimpse of Harry's domestic life, a flashback to Ray's fuckup at the church, and a train escape sequence that never goes anywhere -- Ray is led right back to Bruges.

* [[Your Head Asplode]]: The dum dum bullets are said to do this. Hence Harry taking a whole box of Them.