The Contract (2006/I)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Bruce Beresford

Writers (WGA):

Stephen Katz (written by) &
John Darrouzet (written by)

Release Date:

23 November 2006 (Israel)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller | Crime

Tagline:

Every Killer Meets His Equal.

Plot:

Ray Keene, a father who wants to redeem himself in the eyes of his son, is trying to bring Carden, a world-class assassin to justice...

Plot Keywords:

River | Basketball | Baseball | Bare Butt | Billionaire

Cast

Morgan Freeman	...	Carden
John Cusack	...	Ray
Jamie Anderson	...	Chris
Alice Krige	...	Miles
Megan Dodds	...	Sandra
Corey Johnson	...	Davis
Jonathan Hyde	...	Turner
Bill Smitrovich	...	Wainwright
Anthony Warren	...	Royko
Ned Bellamy	...	Evans
Thomas Lockyer	...	Johnson
Gary Whelan	...	Stanfield
Ian Shaw	...	Michaels
Atanas Srebrev	...	Rodrigues
Maynard Eziashi	...	Robbins

MPAA:

Rated R for violence.

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

Germany | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Germany:16 | Australia:M | Argentina:13 | Singapore:PG | Portugal:M/12 | USA:R (certificate #41683) | Netherlands:16 | Peru:14

Filming Locations:

Sofia, Bulgaria

Company:

Contract Productions

Trivia:

The nude figure climbing out of the river is not Megan Dodds. A body double was used.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: At around 38 minutes into the movie, when Johnson gives their coordinates via radio to Davis, he says "40.083 North, 25.55 West". That's in the middle of the Atlantic ocean, between Europe and North America. Washington state, where the movie is supposed to take place, lies approximately between Western longitudes 117 and 124 and Northern latitudes 46 and 49.

Quotes:

Frank: Don't confuse me with a nice guy.

Movie Connections:

References Gunga Din (1939)

Soundtrack:

You Thought

You have got to be kidding me

Absolutely uneventful. The acting was downright awful and I honestly have to blame a lot of that on the screen writing. The story was laughable and the people who created this movie managed to take a couple of halfway decent actors (well, maybe Morgan Freeman anyway) and make quite a joke out of the kill-for-hire 'business'. I almost managed to make it to the end, but winded up having to skip a couple of chapters because I felt as if I was on a nature hike right along with the whole cast. Seriously boring, uneventful and *definitely* unimaginative. I'd skip this one unless you're just a die hard Freeman/Cusack fan.