The Matador (2005)
Directed by Richard Shepard
The life of Danny Wright, a salesman forever on the road, veers into dangerous and surreal territory when he wanders into a Mexican bar and meets a mysterious stranger, Julian, who's very likely a hit man. Their meeting sets off a chain of events that will change their lives forever, as Wright is suddenly thrust into a far-from-mundane existence that he takes to surprisingly well … once he gets acclimated to it.
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It’s a typically reliable sub-genre with some real standouts in the likes of Grosse Point Blank (1997), In Bruges (2008), and The Matador (2005), but even lesser entries can make for passable entertainment with the right balance of laughs and carnage.
Having nabbed an Oscar himself (for Six Shooter, 2006’s Best Live Action Short) writer-director Martin McDonagh sticks to black comedy for his debut feature, mixing the pathos and un-PC laughs of similarly-toned capers The Matador and You Kill Me.
The great ones ( “The Matador,” “Panic” ) cut to the core of chaos and crisis in a bad profession for conscience to come calling.