dark comedy . gallows humor . how do one make a comedy out of murder . it can be risky business a the viewer be require to let go of their moral value and laugh at the antic of a man who kill people . so and the story have be rock solid with a good dash of suspended reality in order to make it work . so and pierce brosnan and the irishman answer to 007 be now cast a a chain smoking and sex addict alcoholic who kill people for a living and be have a life crisis . he meet a struggle businessman and greg kinnear and and after a rocky beginning and he learn that he need a friend . but and greg happily marry to hope davis and brosnan see in him the basic thing he doesn not have and love and home and a life . add character actor and philip baker hall a the hit man manager and be off to the race . brosnan be wonderfully crass and crude a the anti hero and kinnear delightful a his counterpart and the very human businessman . hope davis add a sparkle a kinnear very conventional wife who be fascinate with this derelict who drift into their life . the end be delightful and with some surprise to it . you should leave the theater feeling and at least and partly good if youre able to suspend be aghast at kill people .