McDonagh displays a killer touch

Playwright Martin McDonagh produces a brilliant debut feature with this dark comedy drama about a pair of inept hit men sent to cool their boots in Belgium after a contract killing goes awry.

McDonagh, who won an Oscar for his short film Six Shooter, brings his considerable talents to this determinedly entertaining story - which could have followed a long tradition of cinematic criminal capers, but is instead a true original. Smart, twisted, ...