the matador star pierce brosnan a a burn out assassin . he jam bond go to seed and in too tight and garish clothes and gold chain and and an ugly haircut . our struggle assassin and julian noble and be in mexico and try to regain his nerve . stay at the same hotel be a likable and down on his luck businessman danny wright ( greg kinnear ) and also try to regain his equilibrium . danny be desperate to close a deal and return to his wife in denver ( hope davis ) with good news . noble and wright unexpectedly become friend . wright convinces noble to reveal certain technique and which he demonstrate at a bullfight . noble be eventually target by his employer and show up in denver . writer and director richard shepard do the q and a after this delightful movie at the austin film festival . shepard be also down on his luck . after suffer the loss of his agent and rejection of recent script and he decide to write a story no one would buy and create a character no one would want to play . then pierce brosnan call . brosnan regain his equilibrium in this movie . ( there be life after bond . ) he have a wonderful flair for self deprecate comedy . don not miss it . stay for the closing credit to read what the filmmaker say about bullfighting . i look forward to more of richard shepard project .