The Contractor - Chris Pine/Ben Foster (2022)

[ianh]

Looks to be OK, I like both mains plus it's got Kiefer Sutherland which is a plus but, TBH, I think we've all seen the storyline for this exact same movie a dozen times or more "Ex-SF soldier hired by rogue agent who betrays him" etc etc - Please come up with something new Hollywood!

Chris Pine stars in the action-packed thriller as Special Forces Sergeant James Harper, who is involuntarily discharged from the Army and cut-off from his pension. In debt, out of options and desperate to provide for his family, Harper contracts with a private underground military force. When the very first assignment goes awry, the elite soldier finds himself hunted and on the run, caught in a dangerous conspiracy and fighting to stay alive long enough to get home and uncover the true motives of those who betrayed him. Also starring Kiefer Sutherland, Ben Foster, Gillian Jacobs and Eddie Marsan.

 

[chroniclard]

Plot sounds like straight to netflix special

 

[Begbie]

Be suprised if it isn't trash.

 

[pecnarf]

is it a film or series as i know he suppose to be doing an amazon tv series that suppose to drop all episode at some point in june/july time this year.

 

[ianh]

is it a film or series as i know he suppose to be doing an amazon tv series that suppose to drop all episode at some point in june/july time this year.

It's a film released in the Cinema and also onto Streaming via Paramount, can't see it making a lot of money in the cinema as it really does have the feel of more like an old "Straight to VHS" type film despite the cost, actors involved etc.

 

[PlacidCasual]

I generally have a high opinion of Chris Pine but this doesn't seem like the greatest. Maybe Paramount are just keen to get some vontent out and had him under contract.

 

[SixTwoSix]

I'll watch anything with Ben Foster, however from the trailer, looks like he probably dies by the middle of the film.