The Contract | 
| Director: Bruce Beresford
Actors: John Cusack, Morgan Freeman, Jamie Anderson, Ned Bellamy, Margarita Blush
Studio: First Look Entertainment
Category: Movie
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Rating:  59 reviews
Sales Rank: 5357
Genre: Action
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: Video On Demand
Running Time: 97 Minutes
ASIN: B000VT55G4
Theatrical Release Date: February 1, 2006
Release Date: August 29, 2008
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| Synopsis:
THE CONTRACT features two of the major names in movies, co-starring in one action-thriller that packs a surprising wallop. Morgan Freeman plays the mysterious and dangerous Frank Carden, a gun for hire, and John Cusack plays Ray Keene, a dad soon caught up in a situation he is not sure he can handle. Freeman's Carden is a trained specialist who is hired to assassinate a high profile target...but then a freak car accident sends him to the emergency room and throws a major block into his murderous plans. While at the hospital, his identity is brought under suspicion and he is quickly arrested. Freeman's team attempts to rescue him but instead loses him in the woods where comes upon John Cusack's Ray, emotionally distraught after his wife's death, with his son on a camping trip. Ray finds himself in a nightmare of paid assassins and guns for hire. He is determined to bring Freeman to justice and keep his son safe, as the two become more and more entangled in a dangerous cat and mouse game. |
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 The Contract by Brandon M. Moskos December 30, 2008
Brandon Moskos
I rented this movie because of the main actors in it. Bottom line. this movie SUCKED!!!!!!!!!!! I wouldn't even tell someone to waste their money and rent it. The script, dialogue, and acting all suck. And it is extremely boring. Do not waste your time!
Don't Waste Your Money or Time December 22, 2008
Robert E. Patty (Murfreesboro, TN United States)
I like Morgan Freeman. He's an exceptional actor. I like him so much that I've never seen a movie that he was in that I didn't like. I tried to like this movie; I tried to find something redeeming in it, anything at all, but it's a zero. It's filled with guns that come from nowhere, magical shooting ability from a high school teacher/baseball coach who somehow is able to control a Steyr AUG on full auto with no former training, a helicopter crash in the woods that no only doesn't get anyone killed, but the occupants suffer not a single scratch, and hundreds of other mishaps that should not be overlooked by a director with the movie making skill of your average high school student. It has absolutely no suspense, no surprise ending (it's simply random), and very little action, basically there's nothing to like about this movie. It does have two good points. First, it's only an hour and half long, so you won't waste too much time. Second, if you look in the special features section you'll find previews to a couple of movies that look pretty good. If you've got to see it borrow it, it's not even worth renting.
 A gift for my wife November 29, 2008
Jerry Helsing (Boston, MA)
My wife is a big fan of John Cusack, so for our anniversary, I bought it. Overall, not a bad movie, however, I do feel that they could have cut some of the slow parts and made it a better movie.
 Morgan Freeman does it again! November 27, 2008
Lemas Mitchell (Zhuzhou,Hunan. China)
Can enough good things be said about this man? He is a very versatile actor, and brings good things to whatever he plays in. It is no understatement to say that his face on the cover of a movie is evidence enough to know that it is good.
As for this movie: The plot was interesting, and the action was intense. After watching it, one did ask the question of how a gym teacher took such a profound interest in returning a captive professional killer-- at the risk of his life. And one does wonder how someone got in touch with just the right governmenet official that wanted to see this hitman snuffed out.
But, other than that, it was quite good.
 Flaccid and pointless October 8, 2008
J. Holden
A waste of a four-star cast - total lethargy from beginning to end. The script is uninspired, the acting is so-so (clearly, there was no enthusiasm for this project), the plot meanders, and an almost random choice of sub-plot promises little...and then delivers even less. Every component of this film is lacking, right down to the frequent humorless exchanges inserted presumably by some quack of a script doctor. We didn't even get to see the right wing extremist offed at the end. That, at least, would have perked me up after this positive yawn of a movie.
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