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Netflix Movie Review - “The Contract”

Movie - The Contract
REVIEW: We thought it had great action and of course two great lead stars, Cusack and Freeman. Though in some ways the writing is probably better than most action thrillers, the plot left a little to be desired. The problem, it had no ending.  Just let him go and go back to your lives. But they struggle though the wilderness, fight for their lives, get an innocent guy killed, and then let him go anyway. So what was the point! Even at the end when the contract was stopped , you hear on the radio that they killed him later anyway. So nothing changed, he escaped and finished the contract. That could have been done in 20 minutes, but then we’d have no movie. Even though it is not Morgan Freeman’s best, it was pretty entertaining.  We give it [3-1/2 Stars]


SYNOPSIS: While on a hiking trip to reconnect with his son after the death of his wife, Ray Keene stumbles into a nightmare scenario of paid assassins and ex-military guns-for-hire. Frank Cardin is attempting to fulfill a contract to assassinate a high profile businessman when things go awry and he ends up in the custody of the U.S. Marshalls. After an ill-fated attempt by his compatriots to free him Frank finds himself in the custody of ex-lawman Ray and his son. As they try to make their way back to civilization they are relentlessly pursued by Frank's friends who are intent on freeing their leader in order to collect on the contract. But one may be more foe than friend.

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