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11 July 2007 (Thailand) moreTagline:
The world's greatest marksman is now a marked man...Plot:
An ex-CIA agent is asked to take out a terrorist, only to realize he's been set up by his former employer. full summary | full synopsisUser Comments:
A surprisingly human movie. Better than most of the genre moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Wesley Snipes | ... | James Dial | |
| Eliza Bennett | ... | Emily Day | |
| Lena Headey | ... | DI Annette Ballard | |
| Ralph Brown | ... | Jeremy Collins | |
| Charles Dance | ... | DCS Andrew Windsor | |
| Gemma Jones | ... | Mrs. Day | |
| Iain Robertson | ... | Cramston | |
| Richard Harrington | ... | Terry Mitchell | |
| Ryan McCluskey | ... | Purcell | |
| John Standing | ... | Sir Anthony | |
| Stanimir Stamatov | ... | King | |
| Milos Miroslav | ... | Harris (as Miroslav Emilov) | |
| Velizar Binev | ... | Beloit | |
| Nikolai Sotirov | ... | Ali Mahmud Jahar (as Nikolay Sotirov) | |
| Peter Kerry Morgan | ... | Newscaster |
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Rated R for violence and language.Parents Guide:
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UK:105 minLanguage:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Michael Biehn was scheduled to appear in this movie but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts with Planet Terror (2007). moreGoofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Cramston and James leave the airport in London, there is an emergency exit sign over the door which, oddly, is written English and Bulgarian. moreSoundtrack:
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Having just seen Hit-man, another film of the type "good hit-man fights bad hit men", but incredibly stupid, The Contractor seemed to me of incredibly unexpected good nature. The main character is human, fallible, vulnerable. He does his job as well as possible given the circumstances, he tries to save his skin as well as possible and when a stern "Moscow rules: if the mission fails you're already dead" assignment comes his way he feels no confusion when deciding he should stay very much alive, no matter the mission.
Of course, in all this gem of a script idea there is also bad screen play, occasional bad acting and things that make no sense. It's like a good machine without oil, everything is well made but not really working. The action scenes are shaky and amateurish for a Snipes movie, but then again, the point was not the action or the technical prowess of the hit men, but the fact that they are human beings.
At first I thought it was going to be another Nikita/Leon ripoff, but the girl story arch was sensible and reasonably original. The ending was a little bit forced, too.
Bottom line: in the abysmal hell of bad written hit-man action movies, this obscure film is a real gem in the mud and a reminder that the budget is not really important, nor the genre of the film, but the very real effort of actually trying to make a movie, not just money.