Seven Psychopaths

A postmodernist mix from the director of "In Bruges." The screenwriter, creatively stuck and named Marty (either not the director himself or his idol Scorsese), is facing deadlines and has only one title for the promised script: "Seven Psychopaths." His friend decides to help the hapless writer find inspiration in real life and places an ad in the newspaper seeking psychopaths. They, of course, do not keep them waiting and soon appear at the friends' door, pulling them into the thick of dangerous and absurd stories.

This is McDonagh's second film, in which he unapologetically satirizes himself and his Irishness, creative crisis, audience expectations, and ultimately the crime thriller genre. In terms of absurdity and deliberate cinematic violence, his creation is closest to Tarantino, as if adding a touch of humanity and sentimentality.