the matador be a witty and dark humor and suspenseful melodrama that rise way above mediocrity thanks to two very engaging and earnest performance from pierce brosnan and who have never ever be good than here and and the always reliable greg kinnear who have his best role here since play jack nicholson gay neighbor in as good a it get . a big plus go to the writing as well . clever and occasionally very nasty dialog be deliver with gusto by brosnan and the slow building friendship between these two different individual be completely convince all the way . the story take a few unexpected turn and keep the viewer constantly guess where it gon na go next . nice artistic touch from the director such a good use of music and clever editing and somewhat unorthodox cinematography at time set a nice tone for the film and for a long period of time you do not quite know how to label the film . but that also thanks to a very well write script which keep the viewer ( me anyway ) on the edge of his seat .