Contract Killers

Exciting action, with almost-realistic fight and vehicle-chase scenes, excellent use of locations, and reasonably believable plot. Story could have used a bit more polishing - really just in the details. The characters possess a good sense of humanity, especially those who are revealed to have been either duplicitous or straight all along.

In all it's a fun movie to watch, having a former ballerina turned action heroine whom you really want to cheer on. The ironic ending puts paid to her revenge.

Simply put, this film is not what I expected. There was mediocre acting, mediocre directing, and obviously a very mediocre budget.

And as far as the director rant in the comments, the comments are designed for people with an opinion ABOUT THE FILM, not about how people are watching it. Your personal bias is one that none of us are interested in.

Additionally, your logical fallacy of comparing downloading a movie over the internet to stealing a car and returning it is one of the dumbest, most less thought out comparisons I have ever heard. Not only is there no logic to that statement but I actual give you less credit as a producer and human being for having floated that comment out there in the first place.

If you want a "seen it a million times" film, check it out.

It held my interest. I cheered for the heroine and her helpers. I booed the villains and their minions. But the movie was only MILDLY interesting. It was mostly the same old same-o. And a reviewer on this site said that unless one buys a movie, or pays to see it in a theater, then their opinion is invalid. Uh... why? I saw this film on Tubi, the free streaming site; who presumably paid any fees and royalties due. Duly, they showed me commercials. So, any financial obligations are thusly met. As if that even made a difference. A good movie is good, even if you didn't PAY money to see it. Similarly, a bad movie is bad, and a mediocre movie is... paid for.

When I saw this movie, I thought to myself 'wow, this movie sucked. Why don't I write a review to let people know not to see it?'. And so I am. The beginning of the movie sets the mood for the rest of the movie: confusing. That's basically the only word I can use to describe it. I'm not going to write any spoilers, so I'll keep it simple. This action/conspiracy (or whatever you want to call it) movie is a combination of scenes having little to do with each other. Justin Rhodes adds some implausible romance to the movie to make it more enjoyable, but fails miserably. Maybe it'd be more pragmatic if it was between lovers, but I was thrown off by the lunacy of a captor-captive relationship. This, coupled with other blatant impossibilities, produced a movie that was unbearable. I really hope you choose something else for your one and a half hour movie time slot. Try Stand By Me, although it's in a different genre.

Sorry guys, but I liked this film. I liked the characters and I especially liked the action scenes, they were believable. Unlike the current spate of action films where the car, if not the hero is defying gravity, jumping through buildings, knowing exactly where to go, without any planning and in total defiance of the law of gravity. Our heroine escapes using plausible means. When trapped in the parking garage, she doesn't suddenly go airborne, jump three cars, fly into the next door office building, into the elevator, down to the 3rd floor, out the other window, landing on conveniently passing semi-trailer. She knows there is no way out, so she surrenders. While it may not be plausible that the FBI guy, Targonsky, would give her opportunity to escape by taking her out of the car, it's at least possible. While in Hollywood terms all the combatants are lousy shots, but when you think of it that's real too, in combat, most shots miss.

It's an action film, but the director kept it real throughout the film and I, for one, thank him for it as I gave up Saturday morning cartoons a long time ago.