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The Matador
2005
Pierce Brosnan stars as Julian Noble, a no-longer-noble hit man who spends his free time getting drunk and chasing impossibly young skirts. In Mexico he meets Danny Wright (Greg Kinnear), an average Joe trying to land an important business deal. Jealous of Danny's simple life, Julian becomes friends with the Denver suburbanite, .. Read more
| Starring | Pierce Brosnan, Greg Kinnear, Hope Davis, Dylan Baker |
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| Director | Richard Shepard, Bob Yari |
| Genres | Audio Descriptive, Comedy, Thriller |
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The Matador
Pierce Brosnan stars as Julian Noble, a no-longer-noble hit man who spends his free time getting drunk and chasing impossibly young skirts. In Mexico he meets Danny Wright (Greg Kinnear), an average Joe trying to land an important business deal. Jealous of Danny's simple life, Julian becomes friends with the Denver suburbanite, who married his high school sweetheart, Bean (Hope Davis), but lost his young son in a terrible accident. One day at a bullfight, Julian tells Danny what he does for a living, but Danny doesn't believe him until Julian shows him an example of his expertise. But when Julian asks Danny to help him with his next assignment, Danny is dead-set against it, and ready to end their brief friendship. Little does he know that he has not seen the last of the rather unique hit man.
| Starring | Pierce Brosnan, Greg Kinnear, Hope Davis, Dylan Baker, Philip Baker Hall, Arlin Miller, Adam Scott, Portia Dawson |
|---|---|
| Director | Richard Shepard, Bob Yari |
| Studio | BUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 33 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Audio Descriptive, Comedy, Thriller |
| Language | DVD: English, English Audio Description |
| Dubbed | German |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: German |
| Released | DVD: 10 Jul 2006 Production year: 2005 |
| Format | DVD |
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Hitman Julian Noble (Pierce Brosnan) has been killing people for too long; though expert and amoral enough to get hired... read more on Time Out
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Writer-director Richard Shepard gives Brosnan his meatiest role ever, and he digs in with relish
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32 out of 35 people found this review helpful
Brilliant Fun even for by a vegetarians standards!
Watched this thinking I would hate it, that it would be full of needless bullfights and bloody painful images. This is not the case... thankfully. Nice to see Pierce breaking type cast and not being quite so smooth and suave. The role humanised him a bit after Bond. Not the best film I've seen of late, but good fun, stylish and you could definitely watch a lot worse. Nice twist too - Give it a go...
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32 out of 35 people found this review helpful
Brilliant Fun even for by a vegetarians standards!
Watched this thinking I would hate it, that it would be full of needless bullfights and bloody painful images. This is not the case... thankfully. Nice to see Pierce breaking type cast and not being quite so smooth and suave. The role humanised him a bit after Bond. Not the best film I've seen of late, but good fun, stylish and you could definitely watch a lot worse. Nice twist too - Give it a go...
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The Matador & Lucky Number Slevin
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- 01 Jan 2000
There is life after Bond. Pierce Brosnan may have been retired from 007, but he’s retained his license to kill in The Matador , a comedy about a burnt out hitman (he prefers ‘facilitator of fatalities’) who befriends a down on his luck businessman (Greg Kinnear) in Mexico City. Julian Noble (Brosnan) is very good at what he does. But he’s also getting old and coming to the unpleasant realisation he doesn’t have a friend in the world. Which is how he comes to take... Read more
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