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The Contractor

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The Contractor

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Released Apr 1, 2022

1h 43m

Action

Mystery & Thriller

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Chris Pine stars in the action-packed thriller as Special Forces Sergeant James Harper, who is involuntarily discharged from the Army and cut-off from his pension. In debt, out of options and desperate to provide for his family, Harper contracts with a private underground military force. When the very first assignment goes awry, the elite soldier finds himself hunted and on the run, caught in a dangerous conspiracy and fighting to stay alive long enough to get home and uncover the true motives of those who betrayed him.

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Critics Consensus

The Contractor is caught between message movie and standard-issue action thriller, satisfying neither aim despite strong work from a talented cast.

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Audience Says

It takes some time to get going and there's less action than some might expect, but The Contractor is still a well-acted thriller with a story worth telling.

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Danny Leigh

Financial Times

The easy mesh of the actors sells us the relationship: Foster the tinder-dry joker to Pine’s quiet man.

Rated: 3/5

Jun 10, 2022

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John Nugent

Empire Magazine

There’s a tense, tightly constructed thriller here — and Chris Pine makes a decent play as a neo-Bourne.

Rated: 3/5

May 9, 2022

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Katie Walsh

Tribune News Service

There is a bleak poetry to Davis script, as the men reckon with the things theyve done as lifelong warriors. Theres no pontificating, just a few choice words and details that add nuance to a story, or flip it on its back.

Rated: 2.5/4

Apr 8, 2022

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Manuel São Bento

MSB Reviews

The Contractor is one more generic action flick with a story borrowed directly from the formulaic Hollywood closet, without any surprises or even high entertainment levels.

Rated: C-

Jul 25, 2023

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

...the picture’s slow-but-steady descent into irrelevance is triggered by a generic and rather bland midsection...

Rated: 2/4

Nov 24, 2022

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

The further it goes down the genre route the more it loses its relevance. And as an action movie, Saleh never fully gets the film off the ground. So it isn’t as pertinent as it tries to be or as kinetic as it wants to be.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 16, 2022

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Doris

I didn't care for this movie. Some of the speech sounded warbled and muffled. It was a hard movie to figure out what was going on.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

04/18/22

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Timothy D

Great thriller. Chris Pine is so good in this.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/14/22

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RICK

Decent storyline about how the men and women who serve and defend this country are often used and discarded once they have served their purpose. Follow that up with a man's desire to provide for his family and highly skilled combat veterans are prey for mercenary type operators. Once the mission goes awry, it soon becomes obvious that no one can be trusted to keep their word and survival comes at an exorbitant cost. Decent action, but too many unanswered questions left unanswered. Entertaining.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/16/22

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Michael S

Great action line and actor Chris Pine was awesome with a great ending

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/12/22

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lisa

Slow, confusing at times.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

04/12/22

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Mitchell G

Suspense- story hidden well.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/11/22

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Chris Pine stars in the action-packed thriller as Special Forces Sergeant James Harper, who is involuntarily discharged from the Army and cut-off from his pension. In debt, out of options and desperate to provide for his family, Harper contracts with a private underground military force. When the very first assignment goes awry, the elite soldier finds himself hunted and on the run, caught in a dangerous conspiracy and fighting to stay alive long enough to get home and uncover the true motives of those who betrayed him.

Director: Tarik Saleh
Producer: Basil Iwanyk, Erica Lee
Screenwriter: J.P. Davis
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Thunder Road Film, Ingenious Media
Rating: R (Violence and Language)
Genre: Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 1, 2022, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 1, 2022
Runtime: 1h 43m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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