The Contractor (2022)

Routine Action Thriller - The Contractor review by GI

A routine and uninspiring action thriller that wastes it's set pieces by making them formulaic and generic. The film has some entertainment value but it's an instantly forgettable auctioneer that offers nothing that hasn't been done before. A shame in may ways because Chris Pine seems to be a lead actor constantly in search of a good script. From Captain Kirk he seems to have drifted along with just the odd stand out, Hell Or High Water (2016) for example. Indeed his costar here, Ben Foster, also can offer a gritty addition to any film not least that 2016 one but in The Contractor he's the routine stereotypical mate who lets the side down. Pine plays a former special forces soldier, James, who struggling to get a job ends up working for a shady private firm led by even more shady Kiefer Sutherland. When his first job in Berlin goes awry James finds he's been betrayed and hunted but intends to get home and sort everyone out!