The Matador (2006)

The Matador
Rolling Stone
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Rating: R
Release Date: Jan 13, 2006
Running Time: 97 mins.
Additional Notes: dialogue English
Country Of Origin: United States
Country Of Origin: Germany
Country Of Origin: Ireland
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Julian Noble is a hit man who's very good at what he does. He's in Mexico City doing another job but sadly for Julian, he has reached a low point in his life--the murder business has all but killed him. Danny Wright is also in Mexico City on business, although a decidedly different kind of business. Danny lives in Denver with his wife Bean, and while they may have troubles financially, there is a youthful lust between them that belies ten years of marriage. Danny finds himself in Mexico City for a business opportunity whose outcome could be the difference between solving all his financial problems or falling even deeper into debt. One night, at the hotel bar, these two men meet. Before long, they find themselves involved in a strange friendship--built on the dark and drunken honesty shared among strangers who believe they will never see each other in the light of day.
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Pierce Brosnan is playing his darkest, sleaziest most multi-sexual character to date. He's a hit man who inflicts himself on a happily married couple with surprising results--and it could result in a dark horse Oscar nomination.

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Julian Noble (Pierce Brosnan) is good at what he does--killing people. But his career has reached a dead end and he's in a bit of a slump. Bored, drunk and alone on his birthday in Mexico City, he befriends Danny Wright (Greg Kinnear) at a bar and confesses his… Continued

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rating  PETER TRAVERS - December 1, 2005
Take that 007 job and shove it. If Pierce Brosnan can be as roaringly fierce and funny as he is as Julian Noble, a hit man suffering a meltdown, then who needs James Bond? Writer-director Richard Shepard gives Brosnan his meatiest role ever, and he digs in with relish. The sight of a drunken Brosnan walking through a hotel lobby in nothing but cowboy boots and Speedos is time-capsule-worthy. Julian meets Denver exec Danny Wright (Greg Kinnear) at a bar in Mexico City, a place where Julian… Continued