
Even with the unusual accent, Pierce Brosnan is incredibly fun to watch as the crazed Harrigan, and he clearly enjoys the role. It’s a surprising performance for audiences used to seeing him as a charming hero, as he fully embraces playing a ruthless villain. In fact, this shift in image may have begun two decades earlier with his darkly comedic role as an aging hitman in the film The Matador. Film critic Roger Ebert called that movie an “overlooked gem,” and it showed audiences a different side of Brosnan, portraying a morally questionable character who cheerfully referred to himself as a killer-for-hire.