The Matador

far better than it looked in the trailers. Pierce Brosnan’s first post-bond role as far as I know, and a well-chosen part in that context, with echoes but big contrasts. An assassin comes to realise just how lonely he really is as a nervous breakdown approaches, and reaches out to an ordinary man subtly played by Greg Kinnear. Could have been a cheap odd-couple comedy, but with gorgeous location shooting, a concise and pacey script and an intriguing concept, it worked much better than I thought it would.