Major Frank Carden (Morgan Freeman) is the leader of a group of well paid hitmen. His job takes his to Washington state. Through a series of events, his trip is interrupted and rescue attempt is botched.Ray Keene (John Cusack) is going camping with his son (Jamie Anderson) for a much needed bonding trip. Playing the good Samaritan, Ray gets caught in the middle of the events, finding himself on the run with a handcuffed Morgan being followed by heavily armed bad guys who are being tracked by the good guys...but the bad guys have never seen a John Cusack film and don't know what a school teacher, wanting to bond with his son, is capable of doing.The acting was good, even if the plot was weak. The film has a twist, but nothing to write home about. Might work for an action flick rental. Not on my keeper shelf.Parental Guide: Couple of rare F-bombs, no sex, rear nudity (Megan "cute tush" Dodds)

The premises for this movie is set high. I mean, a thriller starring the talented Morgen Freeman and John Cusack. And I will say that the movie is quite good and entertaining.This movie is about Ray (played by John Cusack) who is out in the woods hiking with his son when they come across Frank (played by Morgan Freeman) who is handcuffed to a dying policeman. Frank is a killer set out to do a contract job. With Frank's associates searching the woods for their boss, Ray and his son must track treacherous terrain with dangerous men in their footsteps.There is a great progress to the movie, and it is constantly up in high gear. There is a lot of thrill and excitement in the movie. And there is a good continuity throughout the entire movie.With Morgan Freeman and John Cusack in the lead roles you know very well what you are in for. And right on the money, they deliver where it counts. And they make it well-worth watching the movie.If you enjoy a good cat-and-mouse thriller then "The Contract" is definitely something that you should check out. It was thoroughly entertained by this movie from start till end.

Frank Carden a dangerous trained killer is about to plan his next target when an car accident brings him to the hospital and when the nurses find a gun in his possession they call the authorities and they find out who he really is so they need to move him in order to be judged and to answer for his facts. But he is not alone, this partners fakes a problem with a truck and manage to get rod of the officers that are escorting him but a mistake makes the car to be thrown in the river and now must look for him in the woods. In the meanwhile the teacher Ray along with his son Chris are on a hike and observe the two man that are drifting along the river. They find out what is happening so now it's up to them to take Frank in front of the justice but it will not be easy because Frank's friends are following them and will do anything to recover their associate because without him they could not finish the deal and get their money.The Contract is a weak movie with less action scenes and more then a half occurs in a forest and all we see is the three man walking around. If it wasn't with the idea that a simple man can master so well a machine gun even knock down a helicopter maybe it came up more real but with this exaggeration the movie becomes dumb and a waste of two good actors.

Don't watch this film, it is truly terrible.Seeing that it had Freeman and Cusack in it, I assumed it must be at least in some way worth watching. I couldn't have been more wrong.Although I watched it for free on TV I was still annoyed at having wasted 2 hours subjecting myself to it. I almost didn't make it all the way through to the end.Despite having Freeman and Cusack in it, it reeks of "straight to DVD" (and indeed it was, having now checked). Bad script, unbelievable characters and conversations, bad acting, poor special effects, shallow character development, ridiculous plot, etc etc.The only value that this movie has for showing in media studies classes to provide examples of all the things NOT to do when writing and making a movie.If you want to watch a mindless action thriller movie starring Freeman, go watch Deep Impact or Chain Reaction. I wouldn't say either of those is particularly great, but in comparison to this movie they are! Of course, for a genuinely good action thriller go watch the Bourne trilogy.