The Contract
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Movie Review: The Contract
Summary: 4 Stars
Teacher Ray (Kusack) who just got laid off tries with a camping trip to reconnect with his son who just got in cop trouble for smoking pot. Not long into the trip they stumble over a dying police chief with his prisoner Cardin (Morgan), an ex-CIA and military trained professional assassin in the process of being freed by his team. Ray thinks he must play hero and bring Cardin back into custody. Along the way he brings more harmless hikers into trouble and eventually actually loses Cardin despite all heroic efforts.
Kusack only makes an okay transition from regular guy to hero. Harrison Ford or Michael Douglas are way better at that. So he was a former cop, which explains that he outsmarts and outshoots a red-hot assassin. Nevertheless, the way he gets more and more fixated on turning in Cardin at the cost of risking his boy's life must seem unnatural to any parent. Morgan of course turns in one of his usual superb performances. He is actually likeable even as a pretty bad guy, showing his human side when saving the boy from falling down a rain-soaked mountain wall. A certain bonding is becoming evident between him and the teacher and boy, which in the end may very well save the lives of those two. Why Cardin is just cooperating with Ray all the time is not believable to me. If he had just sat down in the very beginning, what would Ray have done? Shot him? If the story had offered just one good reason for why Cardin was moving along in this odd trio, it would have made the whole movie more believable to me.
Movie Review: Very good flick!
Summary: 4 Stars
I'm a big fan of Morgan Freeman anyway, and his typically first-class performance was in evidence in The Contract. This movie hits on all four cylinders: Great acting, great script, good directing and beautiful scenery. There were some sub-plots that deserved more direction and development and I saw a couple minor plot holes but that aside, I thoroughly enjoyed the movie.
Another plus is that it wasn't as horrifically graphic as many of this genre typically are. Yeah, people get shot and things explode, but it's not too awful (compared to typical hollywood horror).
Bad-guy Morgan Freeman explains to an inquiring teen what he does for a living. He explains that he's a professional assassin and "removes obstacles" to help advance governmentally-ordered progress. When asked further about his moral code, Morgan Freeman responded, "There are things I wouldn't do. I have my limits. I just haven't found them yet."
I don't have the time to watch a lot of movies so I'm pretty discerning about how I kill two hours of time, but The Contract was a worthy flick. I may even watch it a second time.
Movie Review: Great visuals/good thriller/very nice acting
Summary: 4 Stars
The movie was pretty good.
The journey through the Pacific Northwest forests, and the shoot outs, climbings that went down sheer rock faces, and the navigation of treacherous bridges and a stand off in a log cabin were awesome-very action oriented. Beresford (the director) kept the movie a real thriller like he did in his other movies, "The Fugitive and Double Jeopardy."
Freeman had uncharacteristic moments of brutality which created an interesting contrast in his character. I really like him as an actor.
It had great atmospheric visuals though, don't you think. Impressive effects with a helicopter, struggling with the shear face of a cliff in torrential rain and the cross-the-rickety-bridge sequence were my favorites. I give it a 4/5.
Movie Review: Enjoyable
Summary: 4 Stars
My wife and I really enjoyed this moive. I'm sorry there's so many negative reviews. Granted this isn't academy award material and probably similar to plots of several made for TV movies over the years, but, all in all it's a nice watch. Freeman, as always, is definately worth enjoying and Cusack was above average. These two characters as bookends to the story were quite enjoyable. This is a nice adventure drama and well worth our two hour stint in front of the TV.Movie Review: Entertaining Action Flick
Summary: 4 Stars
I thought this was a very good action film. Reminded me of CLIFFHANGER or DIEHARD in the woods. It had what I want out of an action movie-clever lines, quirky characters, plucky hero, interesting bad guys and good action scenes. I don't mind formula if it is done well and this was. I thought some of the plot twists were interesting. My wife even liked it. Not sure what the negative reviewers were looking for. I thought it was a very entertaining film.