# The Matador (2005)

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**Runtime**: 97 min
**Genres**: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
**Directed by**: Richard Shepard
**Written by**: Richard Shepard
**Starring**: Pierce Brosnan, Greg Kinnear, Hope Davis, Portia Dawson, Adam Scott, Israel Tellez

> *A hitman and a salesman walk into a bar...*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

A Mexican bar on a sweltering night, tequila shots shattering. 
Two men collide, a salesman and a hit man, in a chance encounter. 
This dark comedy thriller nods to Tarantino's era.

**Mood tags**: pitch-black, tender, unhinged

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