The Matador

About The Matador

The life of Danny Wright, a salesman forever on the road, veers into dangerous and surreal territory when he wanders into a Mexican bar and meets a mysterious stranger, Julian, who's very likely a hit man. Their meeting sets off a chain of events that will change their lives forever, as Wright is suddenly thrust into a far-from-mundane existence that he takes to surprisingly well … once he gets ac…

The Matador (2005) is a comedy crime film directed by Richard Shepard. Pierce Brosnan stars as Julian Noble, Greg Kinnear as Danny Wright, Hope Davis as Carolyn 'Bean' Wright, and Portia Dawson as Genevive.

At 97 minutes long, it arrived in May 2005. Written by Richard Shepard. It was produced by Arclight Films.

Shelv files it under midlife crisis, stranger, cocktail, and hitman. In the United States it streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and Howdy Amazon Channel. It scores 6.3 out of 10 from 540 TMDB voters and it carries a R rating.

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