The Matador (Widescreen Edition)
starring: Pierce Brosnan, Greg Kinnear, Hope Davis, Arlin Miller, Azucena Medina
directed by: Richard Shepard
directed by: Richard Shepard
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A FAST-PACED, EDGY FILM ABOUT A HITMAN WHO SUDDENLY FINDS HIMSELF AS THE MARK & THE SALESMAN HE BEFIRENDS IN A MEXICAN BAR & RECRUITS TO HELP HIM.
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Pierce Brosnan gives one of his finest performances in The Matador, a low-key buddy comedy with an agreeably sinister twist. Light-years from his former James Bond image, Brosnan is unshaven, unnerved and unpredictable as freelance assassin Julian Noble, who encounters desperate businessman Danny Wright (Greg Kinnear) in the bar of a modern Mexico City hotel. Danny is intrigued when Julian reveals that he's a "facilitator of fatalities," and his wife "Bean" (Hope Davis) is equally fascinated when Julian shows up unexpectedly, six months later, at Danny's home in Denver. Having lost his touch as a reliable hit-man, Julian needs Danny's help with "one last job," but the logistics of Julian's lethal profession (involving an employer played by Philip Baker Hall) are secondary to writer-director Richard Shepard's offbeat, slightly uneven character study, which gives Kinnear and Brosnan a memorable opportunity to riff on their established screen personas. In making Julian a likable yet tormented drifter who's made a habit of "running from any emotion," Brosnan creates an edgy yet sympathetic character as mysterious as he is fun to be around; if you're going to befriend a hired killer, you could do far worse than a guy like Julian. As Brosnan plays him, he's worthy of a sequel, but The Matador is the kind of entertainingly quirky movie that's a hard act to follow. --Jeff Shannon
A FAST-PACED, EDGY FILM ABOUT A HITMAN WHO SUDDENLY FINDS HIMSELF AS THE MARK & THE SALESMAN HE BEFIRENDS IN A MEXICAN BAR & RECRUITS TO HELP HIM.
Amazon.com:
Pierce Brosnan gives one of his finest performances in The Matador, a low-key buddy comedy with an agreeably sinister twist. Light-years from his former James Bond image, Brosnan is unshaven, unnerved and unpredictable as freelance assassin Julian Noble, who encounters desperate businessman Danny Wright (Greg Kinnear) in the bar of a modern Mexico City hotel. Danny is intrigued when Julian reveals that he's a "facilitator of fatalities," and his wife "Bean" (Hope Davis) is equally fascinated when Julian shows up unexpectedly, six months later, at Danny's home in Denver. Having lost his touch as a reliable hit-man, Julian needs Danny's help with "one last job," but the logistics of Julian's lethal profession (involving an employer played by Philip Baker Hall) are secondary to writer-director Richard Shepard's offbeat, slightly uneven character study, which gives Kinnear and Brosnan a memorable opportunity to riff on their established screen personas. In making Julian a likable yet tormented drifter who's made a habit of "running from any emotion," Brosnan creates an edgy yet sympathetic character as mysterious as he is fun to be around; if you're going to befriend a hired killer, you could do far worse than a guy like Julian. As Brosnan plays him, he's worthy of a sequel, but The Matador is the kind of entertainingly quirky movie that's a hard act to follow. --Jeff Shannon
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Average Rating:
Rating: - PIERCE BROSNAN AT HIS BEST
THE MATADOR is a nicely twisted take on mid-life crisis movies, but it's also a showcase for Pierce Brosnan ( still my favorite 'Bond' ). He plays a hitman that wouldn't know a scruple if he stepped on it, but in his own smarmy-creepy way remains a bit likeable despite his many faults. One day he wakes up in donkey-doo ( literally ), after failing to 'hit' the person he was assigned to kill. He meets a businessman whose own comfortable little life is unraveling. They become uncomfortable 'friends' ... Read More
Rating: 
- No James Bond But a little entertaining none the less
This movie lets you fill in the blanks about the main character but leaves plenty of questions unanswered. Although the potrayal of the main character was good by Bronsan there was no sharp edge or real character here as in his portrayal as Bond. Supporting cast was ok for what little they had to support. If you can pick up this movie for under $10 it is a good afternoon or late night time killer. Overall the best part of the movie was the ending which was sad because if the entire movie had that ... Read More
Rating: - The song of the middle aged hit man
The hit man in Mexico city is getting old and lonely and tells a younger fellow he meets at a bar what he does.
Time flies when you are killing people for a living. The relationship between the Denver businessman and the hit man becomes the theme of the story.
I didn't really much like the movie, how it was filmed or the plot, but the actibg was pretty good overall. Hard to take a hit man as comedy relief
or as a "normal" occupation...
Rating: - A Different Kind of Buddy Movie
Richard Shepard's The Matador presents a new take on the assassin film. No longer the stuff of the Steven Segal movie of the week, Shepard presents his gunman as a man on the verge of total collapse looking for a friend and loooking for a way out of his profession.
Pierce Brosnan gives a career defining performance as Julien Noble, a burned out hitman, on his way to collapse. After four James Bond films this is the ultimate anti-Bond film. The character is disheveled, unsure of himself ... Read More
Rating: - A facilitator of fatalities meets a nice guy in a fine, funny and potty-mouthed black comedy
Even assassins can have a crisis of conscience, and this smart black comedy of rifle shots and mercenary murder gives us the ten-step program. What makes The Matador interesting is that the movie isn't about rehabilitation, but friendship.
Julian Noble (Pierce Brosnan) is an assassin, or as he prefers to put it, "I facilitate fatalities." Unfortunately for Noble, he's seen better days, physically and professionally. Anxiety attacks sometimes spoil his aim. Age and the appearance of being ... Read More
- PIERCE BROSNAN AT HIS BESTTHE MATADOR is a nicely twisted take on mid-life crisis movies, but it's also a showcase for Pierce Brosnan ( still my favorite 'Bond' ). He plays a hitman that wouldn't know a scruple if he stepped on it, but in his own smarmy-creepy way remains a bit likeable despite his many faults. One day he wakes up in donkey-doo ( literally ), after failing to 'hit' the person he was assigned to kill. He meets a businessman whose own comfortable little life is unraveling. They become uncomfortable 'friends' ... Read More
- No James Bond But a little entertaining none the lessThis movie lets you fill in the blanks about the main character but leaves plenty of questions unanswered. Although the potrayal of the main character was good by Bronsan there was no sharp edge or real character here as in his portrayal as Bond. Supporting cast was ok for what little they had to support. If you can pick up this movie for under $10 it is a good afternoon or late night time killer. Overall the best part of the movie was the ending which was sad because if the entire movie had that ... Read More
- The song of the middle aged hit manThe hit man in Mexico city is getting old and lonely and tells a younger fellow he meets at a bar what he does.
Time flies when you are killing people for a living. The relationship between the Denver businessman and the hit man becomes the theme of the story.
I didn't really much like the movie, how it was filmed or the plot, but the actibg was pretty good overall. Hard to take a hit man as comedy relief
or as a "normal" occupation...
- A Different Kind of Buddy MovieRichard Shepard's The Matador presents a new take on the assassin film. No longer the stuff of the Steven Segal movie of the week, Shepard presents his gunman as a man on the verge of total collapse looking for a friend and loooking for a way out of his profession.
Pierce Brosnan gives a career defining performance as Julien Noble, a burned out hitman, on his way to collapse. After four James Bond films this is the ultimate anti-Bond film. The character is disheveled, unsure of himself ... Read More
- A facilitator of fatalities meets a nice guy in a fine, funny and potty-mouthed black comedyEven assassins can have a crisis of conscience, and this smart black comedy of rifle shots and mercenary murder gives us the ten-step program. What makes The Matador interesting is that the movie isn't about rehabilitation, but friendship.
Julian Noble (Pierce Brosnan) is an assassin, or as he prefers to put it, "I facilitate fatalities." Unfortunately for Noble, he's seen better days, physically and professionally. Anxiety attacks sometimes spoil his aim. Age and the appearance of being ... Read More
