Average Rating: 4.3/10
Reviews Counted: 5
Fresh: 0 | Rotten: 5
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Release Date: Oct 9, 2006 Wide
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Attempting to recover from a recent family trauma by escaping into the woods for a peaceful hiking trip, an ex-lawman and his young son stumble across a dangerous contract killer in director Bruce Beresford's forest-bound thriller. Ray Keene (John Cusack) has lost his wife, and now the grieving father is looking to reconnect with his young son (Jamie Anderson) with a much-needed hike into the wilderness. But Ray and his son aren't alone in nature, because high profile assassin Frank Cardin
Oct 9, 2006 Wide
Jul 24, 2007
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Having read about the extensive problems in financing, scripting and casting of director Bruce Beresford's diaries, I was keen to see the result. Could any film overcome all those problems, including Beresford's own reluctance?
Little more than a clumsy pile-up of hackneyed themes, one-dimensional characters, and mediocre tension.
...sporadically intriguing yet thoroughly mediocre...
Even Cusack fans will find his charms in short supply here.
The Contract is completely uninteresting. It's riddled with cliches to the point where it looks like a mash up of loads of different films, not particularly good films either. Not sure how it ever got the green light really, another case of 'Big names don't necessarily make a great film' - with bells on! Lazy,
November 25, 2011Super Reviewer
My predicted rating: 3Entertaining and easy watching, but it is just a story with nothing special to pull out of the bag. Worth watching if it comes on tv, but missable if you don't.
August 15, 2007Super Reviewer
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