adonis98-743-186503 An ex-CIA agent is asked to take out a terrorist, only to realize he's been set up by his former employer. The Contractor is one of the very few action or in this case thriller movies with a heart there's a really good relationship between this girl Emily and James Dial (Snipes) and Lena Headey alongside Charles Dance are also in this film. It does have some flaws tho such as an emotionless scene by Headey's character and sequences where the cops immediately find Snipes in every step of the way with sometimes making sense and others not is it a perfect film? No of course not but it does have some pretty nice performances, action sequences and even fight sequences it's a pretty good film overall and i'm gonna give it an 9.0/10

James Hitchcock James Dial, a former CIA agent now living on a ranch in Montana, comes out of retirement to undertake who is given one last mission. He is to travel to London to eliminate a terrorist leader named Ali Mahmud Jahar, even though Jahar is already in police custody. Dial is able to kill Jahar, shooting him through the window of a court building from a nearby church tower, but fails to make a clean getaway and is forced to go on the run. Dial is wanted by the British police, who wrongly believe that he was responsible for the murder of a police officer named Chief Superintendent Andrew Windsor. (The Queen's second son has obviously taken up a new profession). To make matter worse, Dial is also being pursued by the CIA, who want to eliminate him to cover up the fact that they have been carrying out illegal assassinations."The Contractor" is a reasonably fast-paced and well-constructed thriller. Or it would be were it not for one detail. It never gives us any reason to care what happens to Dial, and completely glosses over the ethical implications of his actions. It never really explains why he accepts the mission to kill Jahar or why the CIA are so keen to kill a man being held prisoner by America's closest ally. The film-makers obviously see Dial as the film's hero, but it might be more accurate to see him as a villain, a paid assassin who kills for money. Killing a notorious terrorist like Jahar might be justifiable if there were no other way of bringing him to justice or preventing him from committing further atrocities, but given that he is already under arrest and about to stand trial for his crimes, killing him just seems like cold-blooded murder. Moreover, it also ensures that all his secrets go with him to the grave, ensuring that British interrogators will lose the chance to find out more about the organisation to which he belongs. This is the sort of political thriller that appears to have been made by people totally clueless about real-life politics. 4/10

Lunaroseice This movie was not what I expected from Wesley Snipes. I started to get disappointed. But the more I watched, the more I realize that it was mis-marketed.It is not an action movie so much as a movie that has some action in it. The dialogue is sparse which means the actors really have to work that much harder. Directing wasn't that bad but the shoot-out with strobe lights was a poor idea. The longer I watched, the more I wondered if this is actually a British film rather than an American. The tone was much different.This movie deserves a better rating than people have given it. Try watching it without thinking of it as an action movie and you may like it more. It is really an excellent film.

jjgrech It wasn't that bad.....and I believe it's judged a bit too harshly by other critics here. Would have given it a 6 normally but there is so much crap that is worse than this movie yet still rated higher that I thought it deserved a small helping hand. Overall its entertaining, Worth renting at least. And if we're going to compare the Contractor with Shooter, its fair to say that they do not have the same plot, just because both feature guys who were given a hit to carry out doesn't make them the same. As others have written, the young girl who played James Dial's guardian angel played an excellent part. Oh, and yes, I am a Wesley Snipes fan, so I am probably a bit biased anyway. So I would recommend this Movie to other W.S. fans So there you go, 7 out of 10 it is.