I had heard this was good but missed it in the theater, thank you Netflix. Pierce Brosnan plays an assassin having a mid-life crisis. I was expecting something very dark, but adding Greg Kinnear lightened it up a lot. This reminded me of Grosse Point Blank but it's not as laugh out loud funny.
Brosnan is the kid that never found morals. He's an assassin, drinks, sleeps with prostitutes and enjoys bullfights. But after 30 or so years, it's not as much fun, or he's not as good at it. Kinnear is deparate to close a business deal and meets Brosnan in a hotel bar, and have a conversation even through Brosnan's occassional cracks in bad taste. Nevertheless, they hang out together and Brosnan eventually confesses his true profession and an odd friendship forms. The movie jumps ahead to Brosnan showing up at Kinnear's home because he's his only friend and his mid-life crisis is affecting his work. Kinnear and his wife are excited to have a real-life assissin in the house and well it goes on from there.
Some quirky characters and more fun and depth than I was expecting.
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