Wednesday, February 22, 2006

Matador


Tonight went to a special preview of Matador, a film starring and produced by ex Bond Pierce Brosnan. There's a film from the last Bond film (Die Another Day) where he escapes from a ship in Hong Kong and walks into a hotel lobby topless and bearded. It's what I thought of as I watched the opening scenes.
It's really playing a role to break the Bond

Julian Noble (Brosnan) is an assasin who slowly loses his touch. He meets Danny Wright (Kinnear) during a job in Mexico City. They strike up an odd friendship. Noble take Wright to his first ever bull-fight, and it's there he reveals himself as a killer for hire. The parralels between the death of a bull and target are evident. The crowd has more respect for a matador that kills with one plunge of the blade, then for one who is imprecise.
Noble asks Danny to assist with with a hit, and they fall out over this. The last we hear is of Noble banging on the door of a hotel room, apologising. The gap of time between this and the Budapest breakdown is the most intriguing. We don't find the result out until the very end. I think thats where I'll leave it without plot/spoiler wrecking too much.

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