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The contractor

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FilmPublisher number: 14974864Language: English Publisher: Hollywood, CA : Paramount Home Entertainment, 2022Edition: Widescreen editionDescription: 1 videodisc (approximately 103 minutes) sound, color 4 3/4 inContent type:

two-dimensional moving image

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video

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videodisc

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General
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Rated R

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Director, Tarik Saleh.

Cast: Chris Pine, Gillian Jacobs, Kiefer Sutherland, Ben Foster, Eddie Marsan, Jd Pardo, Florian Munteanu, Fares Fares, Nina Hoss, Matthew Marsh, Amira Casar.Summary: Involuntarily discharged from the Army, a special forces sergeant lands a contract with a private underground military force. When his very first assignment goes awry, the elite soldier finds himself hunted and on the run, caught in a dangerous conspiracy and fighting to stay alive long enough to get home and uncover the true motives of those who betrayed him.Review: "Pine and Foster sync up flawlessly, even when the dialogue fails them. This isn't the reunion they deserve, but it's nevertheless welcome."--New York TimesReview: "There's something comfortingly unflashy about The Contractor: the action isn't earth-shatteringly exciting, but it's clearly shot, with enough jolts of vitality to keep the plot spinning."--Time MagazineReview: "Being a solid cut above average is good enough, given so much formulaic mediocrity among thrillers cluttering the streaming market."--VarietyReview: "...zeroes in on the soldiers who are trained to kill and often taken for granted. But it never stoops to empty flag-waving rhetoric. Instead, it asks what the protectors are protecting us from."--Hollywood Reporter

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
DVD	Idaho Springs Public Library	DVDFIC	DVD FIC CON (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	30404100278215

DVD.

new dvd 2022 summer.

Director, Tarik Saleh.

Chris Pine, Gillian Jacobs, Kiefer Sutherland, Ben Foster, Eddie Marsan, Jd Pardo, Florian Munteanu, Fares Fares, Nina Hoss, Matthew Marsh, Amira Casar.

Involuntarily discharged from the Army, a special forces sergeant lands a contract with a private underground military force. When his very first assignment goes awry, the elite soldier finds himself hunted and on the run, caught in a dangerous conspiracy and fighting to stay alive long enough to get home and uncover the true motives of those who betrayed him.

"Pine and Foster sync up flawlessly, even when the dialogue fails them. This isn't the reunion they deserve, but it's nevertheless welcome."--New York Times

"There's something comfortingly unflashy about The Contractor: the action isn't earth-shatteringly exciting, but it's clearly shot, with enough jolts of vitality to keep the plot spinning."--Time Magazine

"Being a solid cut above average is good enough, given so much formulaic mediocrity among thrillers cluttering the streaming market."--Variety

"...zeroes in on the soldiers who are trained to kill and often taken for granted. But it never stoops to empty flag-waving rhetoric. Instead, it asks what the protectors are protecting us from."--Hollywood Reporter