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Mar 31, 2022 · ‘The Contractor’ Review: The Pine Identity. Chris Pine and Ben Foster team up to play mercenaries in a solid thriller about losing your faith and finding yourself in a violent reckoning....
Apr 1, 2022 · The always-solid Pine plays Special Forces Sergeant James Harper, an elite agent with a bum knee who gets discharged from the U.S. Army and watches the bills pile up with his wife Brianne ( Gillian Jacobs ). That’s when his former squadmate and good friend Mike ( Ben Foster) reaches out with a proposal.
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"The Contractor may not have the greatest action scenes or ending, but its heart – which it wears on its sleeve – still makes it worth watching. Chris Pine gives a superb performance as a man who’s been forced to make some tough decisions after he was abandoned by the country he spent his whole life serving. It’s an emotional examination of how oth...
"Throughout The Contractor there is an air of rigorous yet forgettable competence. Director Tarik Saleh acquits himself well in his first job with an A-list actor. The action sequences are clear-eyed and well-executed if workmanlike, and cinematographer Pierre Aim accomplishes the objective of contrasting picket-fence America with the grimier corne...
"In a welcome change of pace from the glossy superheroics and sci-fi of high-profile movie franchises, Pine delivers a performance that’s fueled by its tightly coiled restraint. In a glance, a grimace or the way he leans James’ motorcycle into the curves of a rural road, the actor reveals volumes about his character’s preternatural focus as well as...
"In the end, The Contractor jettisons most of its underlying interests to simply settle for an old-fashioned tale of a righteous tough guy trying to find a way home to his wife and son – two characters who are as interchangeable as any of the nameless henchman who James dispatches along the way."
"The Bourne movies revivified the espionage genre with their nimble, scrappy, down-and-dirty action. But they weren’t as widely imitated as one might have expected, which leaves The Contractor feeling like a relatively fresh chip off a not-so-old block." For more on 2022's upcoming movies, check out our guide to movie release dates.
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Mar 28, 2022 · ‘The Contractor’ Review: Chris Pine Gets Hoodwinked Into Playing for the Bad Guys. In Tarik Saleh’s crisp action thriller, Chris Pine plays a discharged U.S. Army officer whose financial...
Apr 1, 2022 · The Contractor is caught between message movie and standard-issue action thriller, satisfying neither aim despite strong work from a talented cast. Read Critics Reviews Audience Says
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Mar 28, 2022 · The Contractor may have an underwhelming conclusion, but the journey to get there is an emotional one, with a strong performance by Chris Pine.
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May 6, 2022 · The Contractor Review. People: Tarik Saleh. Chris Pine. Ben Foster. James Harper (Pine), a Special Forces sergeant in the US Army, is involuntarily discharged without benefits. Broke and...
