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The Contractor (2007) -- An ex-CIA agent is asked to take out a terrorist, only to realize he's been set up by his former employer.

Overview

User Rating:
5.5/10   3,453 votes
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Director:
Josef Rusnak
Writers (WGA):
Robert Foster (screenplay) and
Joshua Michael Stern (screenplay) ...
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Contact:
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Release Date:
10 July 2007 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Drama | Thriller more
Tagline:
The world's greatest marksman is now a marked man...
Plot:
An ex-CIA agent is asked to take out a terrorist, only to realize he's been set up by his former employer. full summary | full synopsis
NewsDesk:
ITV 'Stockwell' drama draws just 1.4m
 (From digitalspy. 25 January 2009, 9:05 AM, PST)

User Comments:
Not Bad, Not Great, But Not bad... more (26 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Wesley Snipes ... James Dial

Eliza Bennett ... Emily Day

Lena Headey ... DI Annette Ballard

Ralph Brown ... Jeremy Collins

Charles Dance ... DCS Andrew Windsor
Gemma Jones ... Mrs. Day
Iain Robertson ... Cramston
Richard Harrington ... Terry Mitchell
Ryan McCluskey ... Purcell
John Standing ... Sir Anthony
Stanimir Stamatov ... King
Milos Miroslav ... Harris (as Miroslav Emilov)
Velizar Binev ... Beloit

Nikolai Sotirov ... Ali Mahmud Jahar (as Nikolay Sotirov)
Peter Kerry Morgan ... Newscaster
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Shooter (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for violence and language.
Runtime:
UK:105 min
Country:
Bulgaria | UK | USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
Bulgaria more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Michael Biehn was scheduled to appear in this movie but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts with Planet Terror (2007). more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Cramston and James leave the airport in London, there is an emergency exit sign over the door which, oddly, is written English and Bulgarian. more
Movie Connections:
References The Mistress of Spices (2005) more
Soundtrack:
Holding Out For More more

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5 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
Not Bad, Not Great, But Not bad..., 4 July 2007
5/10
Author: roopaui from United States

Not your typical Wesley Snipes kind of movie.(not really anyway) The acting isn't horrible. It was movie I watched it at mid evening with some popcorn, and it kept me entertained most of the time. It had a few good action scenes, but mostly it was a drama movie. The plot is by no means original either, but it plays out OK I guess. Snipes definitely wasn't at his best here. I haven't seen the other movie that is the same story, so I can't say which is better. Although I didn't feel the need to pause it for refills and pit-stops, So I gave it a 5/10. I wouldn't go to a theater to see it, but its good for a movie night when/if it gets released on cable/satellite. -P.F.

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