This one didn’t get too much coverage in its first run but the actors are good and the premise sounds interesting enough… check out The Contract on DVD when it hits stores on July 24th.
From director Bruce Beresford (Driving Miss Daisy, Paradise Road, Double Jeopardy) and on behalf of First Look Home Entertainment, I am pleased to present THE CONTRACT, set to be released on DVD July 24th, 2007, starring John Cusack (Gross Point Blank, Being John Malkovich, America’s Sweethearts) and Morgan Freeman (Million Dollar Baby, The Shawshank Redemption, Evan Almighty).
Synopsis:
While on a hiking trip to reconnect with his son after the death of his wife, Ray Keene (John Cusack) stumbles into a nightmare scenario of paid assassins and ex-military guns-for-hire. Frank Cardin (Morgan Freeman) is attempting to fulfill a contract to assassinate a high profile businessman when things go awry and he ends up in the custody of the U.S. Marshalls. After an ill-fated attempt by his compatriots to free him Frank finds himself in the custody of ex-lawman Ray and his son (Jamie Anderson). As the trio tries to make their way back to civilization they are relentlessly pursued by Frank’s friends who are intent on freeing their leader in order to collect on the contract. But one pursuer may be more foe than friend.