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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.

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User Rating:
5.5/10   3,484 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Robert Foster (screenplay) and
Joshua Michael Stern (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
10 July 2007 (USA) more
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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 a bad film to rent, but not for the video collection more (25 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
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1.85 : 1 more
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Trivia:
Michael Biehn was scheduled to appear in this movie but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts with Planet Terror (2007). more
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Revealing mistakes: In the scene where Emily argues with James about going first to the shop to check for cops, suddenly on the left side, a dark-yellow table with a Bulgarian writing appears on the wall, saying: "GLAVEN OFIS", which translated into English means "Main Office". more
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References The Mistress of Spices (2005) more
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Holding Out For More more

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20 out of 23 people found the following comment useful.
Not a bad film to rent, but not for the video collection, 16 July 2007
6/10
Author: jermzhi from Canada

This is your typical Wesley Snipes DTV film. I mean you can only go as far as the script goes, and this movie does just that, very simple script, very simple movie. The actors did a decent job. Watching movies like these really makes me wonder how much Snipes and the other actors earn turning in these films, because they must know something that I don't. Because an actor the caliber of Wesley Snipes could easily pick up a good script somewhere and make summer blockbusters.

So either

A. Wesley isn't doing this strictly for money and has a more distinct personal interest in the parts that he has been playing....or

B. Wesley makes a lot more money from these than any of us really know.

Either way, decent movie, I recommend watching it if you are a Snipes fan like myself. He has made far worse.

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