duvall be a hitman who hire to fly to argentina and kill a former general who presumably be responsible for torture and execution of innocent people during the trouble of the 1970 and 1980 . he professional and speak some spanish and but moreover have a fascination with tango and other ballroom dance . duvall have show he can run a one man show before and with the apostle and and while this film be entirely different and it every bit a good . it have quite a respectful display of argentine tango and and it manage to be a suspenseful thriller at the same time . i have never meet any assassin or their co conspirator and but the everyday character in the film be perfectly realistic . if you appreciate the banter between character and intense yet subdue violence from tarantino pulp fiction and you will like this movie . duvall be the brilliant veteran assassin who not altogether pleasant all the time ( this isn not the sweet nice guy marky mark assassin from the big hit ) and but you still wish him well . blade and mechoso be the idealistic co conspirator who seem to be a bit too eager . miller be his stepdaughter and the apple of his eye for whom he always show his nice side and and pedraza be the tango student or teacher who seduce duvall character by her very nature in more way than one . it not a hot steamy thriller with over the top action sequence and acrobatic hero like assassin and nor a romantic comedy like grosse pointe blank and just a movie that show a man dance with life and death and his fellow human being in a very enjoyable way .