Accordingly, and while intoxicated, he latches onto businessman Danny Wright (GREG KINNEAR) who's left his wife Bean (HOPE DAVIS) back in Denver for several days while he and his partner try to land a lucrative deal with a Mexican firm. Having lost both his job and child (the latter in a bus accident), Danny's been down on his luck for several years and hopes this potential deal might be the thing to break him out of that rut.
The two strike up a conversation at the bar that ends up going bad, but when Danny must stay in town a bit longer to try to close the deal, Julian sees his chance to apologize and perhaps form some sort of friendship. Danny is initially reluctant, but once he learns what Julian does and actually believes it, he becomes somewhat morbidly fascinated with the man and his work.
Yet, as Julian's personal problems continue to affect his work, he finds himself in an awkward situation with his immediate handler, Mr. Randy (PHILIP BAKER HALL), who isn't pleased that his assassin is turning soft. Soon, the hitman is a target and Danny must decide what, if anything, he can or should do to help his new friend.
Violence consists of people being assassinated (by a sniper shot and explosion -- but the actual impacts are not seen) as well as some bullfighting footage. Such material may be unsettling or suspenseful to some viewers, as might several unsuccessful assassination attempts. Various characters have varying degrees of bad attitudes, while smoking and drinking (sometimes a lot of the latter) occurs. Thematic elements include talk of the death of a son and the aftereffects of that, as well as midlife crises and/or nervous breakdowns.
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(2005) (Pierce Brosnan, Greg Kinnear) (R)
Alcohol/
DrugsBlood/Gore
Disrespectful/
Bad AttitudeFrightening/
Tense ScenesGuns/
Weapons
Extreme
Mild
Extreme
*Moderate
Extreme
Imitative
BehaviorJump
ScenesMusic
(Scary/Tense)Music
(Inappropriate)Profanity
Mild
Mild
Mild
None
Extreme
Sex/
NuditySmoking
Tense Family
ScenesTopics To
Talk AboutViolence
Extreme
Heavy
Moderate
Moderate
Heavy
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Reviewed October 10, 2006 / Posted January 6, 2006
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