Film Review – The Contractor

“The Contractor” appears intended to become a Jason Bourne-style series for star Chris Pine, handed a role that demands a balance of one-man-army action interests and a more substantial dramatic effort. He’s playing a character struggling with the world around him, forced to deal with the demands of life once a sense of stability is taken away from him. It’s a juicy role for Pine, who gives the part a thorough itchiness to best capture the feelings of a silently frustrated man. Screenwriter J.P. Davis is interested examining such private horrors, also attentive to threat levels in play as a simple assignment goes all kinds of wrong. “The Contractor” is familiar in many ways, but Pine’s nuanced take on matters of trust and disappointment helps the material find its way to recognizable human moments, and while director Tarik Saleh (“The Nile Hilton Incident”) is a bit clumsy with the rough stuff, he still handles suspense reasonably well in this occasionally absorbing thriller. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com