john j. anderson ( robert duvall ) be an old man and who love to dance and and live with his beloved girlfriend and her daughter in brooklyn . however and he have a second life and be a hit man . john be hire and travel to buenos aire to execute a former general from the argentinian dictatorship and and he be concern with his stepdaughter sooner birthday . while in buenos aire and his stay last more than the expect due to an unforeseen problem and and john decides to have tango lesson . assassination tango be a great deception . the story be very boring and slow paced and robert duvall be completely miscast and be too old for the role of john j. anderson . it be almost ridiculous to see the romantic scene of the 71 year old robert duvall and with the beautiful and sexy 30 year old luciana pedraza and or act like a dad of with his 10 year old stepdaughter . the direction be also not good and and there be at least three scene that the actress look to the camera . the song and the dance be good and but it do not justify to give a good rating for this movie . assassination tango be completely overrated and i believe just for two reason represent the first one be because of the name of robert duvall and but he need to look to clint eastwood and learn how to get old with dignity and glamour . the second be the attraction of the beautiful and quite exotic tango for european and north american . most of the favorable review be indeed for the dance and music in the movie and not for the film itself . my vote be four . title ( brazil ) represent o tango e o assassino ( the tango and the assassin ) .