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January 6, 2006

At the Movies: Brosnan's assassin hits a bull's-eye

By CHRISTY LEMIRE
AP Movie Critic

Pierce Brosnan stars as a cynical, washed-up, irresistible cad of a hit man in "The Matador."

It's the kind of role you'd expect to see Billy Bob Thornton play, or Jack Nicholson if the movie had come out 20 years ago. We know Brosnan's Julian Noble is devilish from the first time we see him with tattoos and a bad mustache, waking up in a hotel bed with an empty bottle of Maker's Mark on the nightstand on one side and a naked woman lying next to him on the other.

THE MATADOR

Director: Richard Shepard

Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Greg Kinnear, Hope Davis

Rating: R for strong sexual content and language

Running time: 97 minutes


 
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