The Matador (2005)

Pierce Brosnan and Greg Kinnear play two men (Julian and Danny) in the middle of career crises. Julian's a hitman crashing emotionally and having trouble performing his job because of it. Danny is a regular guy working on getting his struggling company some much needed clients.

The two men meet by chance in Mexico City and Julian is so desperate for some real human interaction that he glues himself to Danny. He's in turns creepy and charming, scary and invigorating. Danny is obviously nervous around him, yet can't help being fascinated -- and, in that, he reflected my feelings exactly.

It was a load of fun and actually pulled off some touching moments -- something I wasn't expecting, but felt exactly right. Gary and I both liked this one a lot.

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