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The Contract (2006)

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Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Synopsis: Though Oscar winner Morgan Freeman is best known for playing noble characters in films such as MILLION DOLLAR BABY and THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, he goes over to the dark side for this thriller.... Though Oscar winner Morgan Freeman is best known for playing noble characters in films such as MILLION DOLLAR BABY and THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, he goes over to the dark side for this thriller. John Cusack (1408) plays Ray Keene, a father who organizes a hiking trip so he can get closer to his son after his wife's passing. But their vacation is interrupted by the arrival of a brutal hit man (Freeman), who will do anything to collect his fee as a contract killer. THE CONTRACT reunites Freeman with his DRIVING MISS DAISY director Bruce Beresford, who also directed the tense film DOUBLE JEOPARDY. [More]

Starring: John Cusack, Morgan Freeman

Starring: John Cusack, Morgan Freeman

Director: Bruce Beresford

Director: Bruce Beresford

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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?

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Little more than a clumsy pile-up of hackneyed themes, one-dimensional characters, and mediocre tension.

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...sporadically intriguing yet thoroughly mediocre...

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Even Cusack fans will find his charms in short supply here.

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