The Contractor

The Contractor

After being involuntarily discharged from the U.S. Special Forces, James Harper decides to support his family by joining a private contracting organization alongside his best friend and under the command of a fellow veteran. Overseas on a covert mission, Harper must evade those trying to kill him while making his way back home.

  • Released: 2022-03-31
  • Runtime: 120 minutes
  • Genre: Action, Thrillers
  • Stars: Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Gillian Jacobs, Eddie Marsan, Fares Fares, Nina Hoss, J. D. Pardo, Amira Casar, Alexej Manvelov, Toby Dixon, Kiefer Sutherland, Florian Munteanu, Tait Fletcher, Tyner Rushing, Brian Lafontaine
  • Director: Tarik Saleh
 Comments
  • Cheshire55 - 13 June 2024
    Not as bad as some suggest
    As others have said, this movie has a fairly slow start. This is clearly to introduce the various characters and establish a 'back story'.

    Once this is done, it moves to a pretty decent action film. Pine is a good actor and his character is believable and I found myself sympathetic.

    Some of the comments talk about plot predictability and, to be fair, there's some validity in this criticism.

    All said, I've rated it 7 and I think the current overall rating is a bit mean. There's a lot of dross out there at the moment and a half decent action movie to while away a couple of hours on a rainy evening...this one ticks the box.
  • theesgrosch - 8 January 2024
    Absolutely underrrated
    The Movie was exciting for the whole time.

    The acting of the main character is great.

    The story, even if I don't know anything about the American special forces, seems pretty authentic to me. Sometimes you think "does this really happen in the real world" and sometimes the movie makes you think "somehow this has to happen in the real world too". I think that's the mix a film should have. I think the movie is very underrated here because a good movie doesn't always have to be with the greatest plot twist even though this had a good one in my opinion.

    It's again about morals and what really matters in the end for us humans. And even that nothing is as it seems.

    Great movie really liked it!