The Matador (2005)
Genre: Comedy / Thriller
Duration: 96 minuten
Country:
United States / Germany / Ireland
Directed by: Richard Shepard
Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Greg Kinnear and Hope Davis
IMDb score:
6,7 (47.571)
Releasedate: 12 May 2005
The Matador plot
"A hitman and a salesman walk into a bar..."
Julien Noble is a hit man, Danny Wright a married businessman. These rather different individuals develop an unusual friendship when they meet in Mexico City. However, their paths seem to part when Julien tries to involve Danny in an attack.
Actors and actresses
Julian Noble
Danny Wright
Carolyn 'Bean' Wright
Genevive
Phil Garrison
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Reviews & comments
blurp194
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- 5543 messages
- 4226 votes
Miss.
The basic data sought does not work, it is too absurd. The way it is told could have worked if it had been worked out completely over the top, but the film falls far short of that. Brosnan may be doing his best, but he also falls short, and Kinnear is given too little space to fill in his part of the story. The jokes don't work well enough to make it a decent comedy, at least I couldn't catch myself doing anything with even a faint smile.
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Movsin
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- 8286 messages
- 8441 votes
Splitting black comedy with brilliant actors. Original and riddled with funny to cynical dialogues and situations. Surprisingly fresh with a sinister theme as the leitmotif.
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Sergio Leone
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- 4430 messages
- 3110 votes
Mediocre.
Pierce Brosnan in his post-Bond period is just as predictable as the one during his Bond period. As a doubting but smooth hit man, he doesn't throw off that Bond yoke. The combo with Jan-with-the-pet Greg Kinnear is unusual and I don't really know what to think about it.
That actually applies to the entire movie. I never think it's bad. Some scenes are quite entertaining and all in all the film is smoothly directed enough that it never starts to drag. Yet I lack humor or sharpness to really like this. Ultimately, the question remains what this is actually about.
2.5
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