pierce brosnan have sip his last martini and return and in an outrageous self parody and a the age foul mouth boozy assassin julian noble and who have a particular fondness for teenage girl and bullfight and tacky clothes . during a job in mexico city he meet danny ( greg kinnear ) and a straight face denver suburban business man and who in town to make his deal of a life time and in a hotel bar . despite their completely different personality and julian crude and insensible remark and they become friend . largely carry by the performance of pierce brosnan and greg kinnear and director richard shepard reveal that he do not write the film with pierce brosnan in mind and but i can hardly imagine this without him . he prove to have a real talent for comedy and can be more than just james bond or cold war spy . the scene in which the two meet at a glossy hotel bar ( stun set and beautifully photograph ) really be a bravura piece of act skill . the scene last almost fifteen minute and and although it be probably carefully script and the two actor be largely improvising and but they succeed wonderfully . it almost feel like a new standard in screen act . think of robert de niro and harvey keitel in mean steets improvise and add one of the most subtle underpinnings of many genre clichés and the actor own typecast ( brosnan james bond in particular ) and and you get one of the most delightful pairing in recent hollywood . sadly and the story wear thin after a while . after an hour and the film just run out of steam . nevertheless and and i can not put my finger on it exactly and i do enjoy this very much . it just feel very fresh and original and with some imaginative use of set and lighting and and some hint to seijun suzuki and jean pierre melville . the other character aren not give much to do and but this film do offer something new and in that respect it almost effortlessly succeed in blend all conventional genre into quite an entertaining spoof . very amuse . camera obscura positive .