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Actors: Pierce Brosnan, Greg Kinnear, Philip Baker Hall, Hope Davis, Dylan Baker
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Julian Noble (Pierce Brosnan) is a hitman on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Danny Wright (Greg Kinnear) is an average Joe salesman whose life has been in freefall since his son died. When the two meet over drinks at a Mexico City hotel's bar, they at first hit it off, until a dirty joke from Julian at an insensitive moment sends Danny away in shocked horror.
The next day, when Julian arrives with apologies and tickets to a bullfight, Danny agrees to give him one more shot. At the arena, Julian reveals his profession and takes the shocked Danny on a step-by-step walkthrough of a hit. The two form a friendship that is abruptly shattered later that day when Julian asks Danny to help him out on a "job" and Danny walks off in a huff.
Six months later, Julian, having earned the ire of his handler (Philip Baker Hall) with a series of panic attacks and botched hits, arrives at Danny's doorstep begging for shelter and help. It seems that Julian's employers are willing to allow him one last chance, by killing a man at a racetrack in Tuscon. Can Danny help him out just this once?
--James Craver, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 60%
Time/Era of Movie:
- present (2000-2010)
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
If this is a criminal POV story...
- killing innocent people
Romance
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- killer
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- very short/crewcut (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- a criminal organization
Profession/status:
- killer
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Southwest
The Americas (not US):
Yes
The Americas:
- Mexico
City?
Yes
City:
- Dirty, grimy (like New York)
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- full of laughter
How many deaths in film?
- 3-4
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- actual description of sex
- seeing breasts
- seeing nude female butt
- sex under blankets
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 2 ()
Kind of violence:
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Modern rock/pop
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