This week we’re taking a look at one of my favorite things to ever find in a film. It’s a surprise…. No, I’m not referring to the M. Night sort of twist we all grew to love in the beginning of this millennium… and subsequently hate just a few years later. I’m talking about the type of surprise you get when you’re watching a film that you thought was one thing (comedy, action, horror) but turns out to have something entirely different to offer.
The first film this week “In Bruges” (2008) is truly a great film. Collin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson star as two vacationing hit men. Sharp British dialogue and macabre subject matter make a good recipe for what seems to be nothing more than your typical dark comedy. But the true star of the show, the screenplay shines through all of that to deliver a much grounded heartfelt Shakespearian type tragedy.
The second film, “Stuck” (2007) is made up of a plot that sounds simple enough. A woman (Mena Suvari) accidentally hits a man (Stephen Rea) with her car, and then spends the rest of the film with this poor bastard, bloody and battered and stuck in her windshield, wondering why she hasn’t called for help. This film has all of the visuals and audios that make for a great romp of a gore fest. It doesn’t take much of a second glance to realize the actual weight of this film as a moral tale. One bad decision begets another, begets another and so on and so on…… And now look at where you’ve found yourself.Enjoy.
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