Genre:
Comedy Drama
Theatrical Release: 12/23/2005(USA
Release Date: 01/01/2001
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time:
Flags: Violence, Adult Situations, Strong Sexual Content, Adult Humor, Profanity
Distributor/Studio: The Weinstein Company/Miramax Films/Genius Pr
A chance meeting between two middle-aged men leads one into a life of crime in this offbeat
comedy.
Danny Wright (
Greg Kinnear) is an American businessman whose life has been going through a sour patch after he and his wife,
Carolyn (
Hope Davis), lost their young son. During a business trip to Mexico City,
Danny strikes up a conversation in a hotel bar with fellow out-of-towner
Julian Noble (
Pierce Brosnan), and while
Julian's loud and brassy manner initially puts
Danny off, in time the two become friends, and
Julian feels comfortable enough with
Danny to tell him what he does for a living. It seems
Julian is a hired killer working under the auspices of underworld kingpins
Lovell (
Dylan Baker) and
Mr. Randy (
Philip Baker Hall), and
Julian tries to persuade
Danny to help him with his latest assignment.
Danny refuses, but a few months later a distraught
Julian appears unannounced on
Danny's doorstep. It seems
Julian has blown his two most recent assignments due to a variety of psychosomatic illnesses, and now
Lovell and
Mr. Randy want him dead.
Julian has also done something to put
Danny in his debt, and the previously non-criminal businessman is forced to help his friend stage a hit, with
Julian's presence in his home upsetting the precarious balance of
Danny and
Carolyn's marriage. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
;)
