

The Contractor
Directed by Tarik Saleh
After being involuntarily discharged from the U.S. Special Forces, James Harper decides to support his family by joining a private contracting organization alongside his best friend and under the command of a fellow veteran. Overseas on a covert mission, Harper must evade those trying to kill him while making his way back home. From TMDB
42 reactions from 3 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews) · newest Oct 28, 2026 · last updated Oct 28, 2026 · How this works
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| Bluesky * | 2 | 7 | 20 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| TMDB reviews * | 0 | 1 | 2 |
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The Contractor is a 2022 action thriller film, directed by Tarik Saleh, starring Chris Pine, Kiefer Sutherland and Ben Foster.
- 35 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews
- posts span Mar 24, 2022 to Oct 28, 2026
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42 of 42 · most liked firstThe on-screen TV guide description for the film 'The Contractor': "An ex-soldier takes on private work to feed his family, but finds himself in dire straits (danger not the band)."
neutral · AI labelView post →Ooops, awkward! Just watching a fairly run of the mill action film starring Wesley Snipes: the Contractor. And up pops Charles Dance playing Chief Superintendent Andrew Windsor. Very awkward...
negative · AI labelView post →NEW mini- EPISODE! Producer @odstspartan.bsky.social goes on a brief detour for a conversation with director Tarik Saleh on his new film EAGLES OF THE REPUBLIC, as well as reminiscing about his time on the 2022’s THE CONTRACTOR. creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...
neutral · AI labelView post →Streaming has popularized a bold new genre I like to call War Dads: Dads Who War Good. I love this genre so much. Give me a Triple Frontier. Give me a The Contractor. If Roy from the Office is soldier #4 on the squad, you are likely watching a War Dads (Dads Who War Good) film.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Contractor was a really bad movie, it wasn't about renovation and wtf happened to Chris Pine's career?
negative · AI labelView post →Just watched #TheContractor and like many #American thrillers, it presents the disturbing premise that the hero is infallible regardless of the atrocious acts he carries out. The main character played by #ChrisPine is a soldier who is kicked out of the army for taking illegal drugs and becomes a contractor because he was unable to provide for his wife and child. He proceeds to murder countless innocent people and despise his reprehensible actions, we are expected to root for him. Deplorable.
negative · AI labelView post →I thought a bit of an undemanding action movie might take my mind off things. "The Contractor" with Wesley Snipes. We see a horse cantering around a paddock, a hand stretches out offering a treat. The horse's head stretches expectantly towards the proffered treat is now miraculously wearing a bridle
negative · AI labelView post →The Contractor is a movie where the action in the back half needed to sing and it simply doesn't
negative · AI labelView post →The Contractor (2007) is a great movie if you want a random fight scene that's also 3-5 minutes of the most migraine-inducing/photosensitive epilepsy-triggering flashing lights you can possibly imagine.
negative · AI labelView post →Wrapping up the Nemesis Marathon, & it was everything you’d want a Nemesis game to be: It could have been a movie. I played the Contractor, joined by the Combat Engineer, Captain, & Medical Officer. #AwakenRealms
neutral · AI labelView post →The Contractor is severely underrated. Great movie!
positive · AI labelView post →9pm TODAY on @Film4 The 2022 #Action #Thriller film🎥 “THE CONTRACTOR” directed by Tarik Saleh & written by J.P. Davis 🌟 Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Gillian Jacobs, Eddie Marsan, J. D. Pardo, Kiefer Sutherland, Florian Munteanu
neutral · AI labelView post →Film-wise: at 6.45, Dream Horse on Film4. At 9pm, The Contractor on Film4. At 10.20, Lady From Shanghai on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social. At 11pm, For A Few Dollars More on Great Action. At 11.05, Look Of Love on Film4. At 11.10, Thirteen Lives on BBC1. At 1.10am, Wish You Were Here on Film4 #telly
neutral · AI labelView post →Haven't done a four movie day in some time. Enjoyed SEND HELP a lot and the Blu-Ray for THE HAND THAT FEEDS THE DEAD looks as good as it's going to get. Snipes sleepwalks through DOLLAR TREE PROFESSIONAL (aka THE CONTRACTOR) and CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD did not click with me. #FilmSky🎥 #LastFourWatched
negative · AI labelView post →Picked up a load of new UK Physical Home Media Releases today from HMV Coventry. Have been excited for a lot of these releases. Also awesome that The Contractor is finally on UK Physical Media. #PhysicalMedia #Film
neutral · AI labelView post →Chris Pine has amazing range to be sure. Loved him in The Contractor. But yeah this movie got meh reviews at first.
positive · AI labelView post →let's be real though i once went to see a movie and charles dance was queuing up with me and i said "aren't you charles dance?" and he said "yes." and we both watched The Contractor together.
neutral · AI labelView post →The (movie) The Contractor 1080p (iTunes)(DE) €3.99 (Action) (iMDB) 6.2 Cast: Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Gillian Jacobs, Eddie Marsan, JD Pardo, Florian Munteanu
neutral · AI labelView post →Film-wise: at 6.10pm, Titanic on Film4+1. At 9pm, Primal on Legend or The Contractor on Film4. At 10.40, Road House remake on BBC1. At 10.55, Marked For Death on Legend. At 11.10, How to Blow Up a Pipeline on Film4. At 11.20, When We Were Kings on Sky Docs. At 12.50am, The Business on Legend #telly
neutral · AI labelView post →9pm TODAY on @Film4 The 2022 #Action #Thriller film🎥 “THE CONTRACTOR” directed by Tarik Saleh & written by J.P. Davis 🌟 Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Gillian Jacobs, Eddie Marsan, J. D. Pardo, Kiefer Sutherland, Florian Munteanu
neutral · AI labelView post →Trump is like the Contractor in the 80s movie The Money Pit Home owner (Tom Hanks) asks his contractor every two weeks - when will the work be done? Contractor- Two weeks.
neutral · AI labelView post →Is it weird that I like Chris Pine movies a lot and will probably watch them if he's in it. I watched All the Old Knives tonight and really enjoyed it. Had a nice glossy feel to it, a bit like the Real Life scenes in Nocturnal Animals. The Contractor was also a fun dumb movie. He seems cool.
neutral · AI labelView post →Oh, very droll. 😂. Wondering if The Contractor gets money for nothing?
neutral · AI labelView post →The folks @channel4.bsky.social are in a funny mood tonight. The info screen for the movie The Contractor reads "Action thriller with Chris Pine. An ex-soldier takes on private work to feed his family, but finds himself in dire straits (danger; not the band)." #UKTV #Funny #DireStraits
neutral · AI labelView post →Morbius (2022) The damning part is that The Contractor had the SAME RELEASE DAY as an infamously bad superhero movie. This means BOTH MOVIES exposed the harsh reality that Hollywood doesn't take filmmaking seriously, seeing these movies as disposable soapbox films and general oscarbait.
negative · AI labelView post →NEW EP! It's time for a Wesley Snipes action movie, but does this contractor come in over budget? Check out our review of The Contractor! traffic.libsyn.com/schoolofschl...
neutral · AI labelView post →Shoutout to the random WRX police car in the 2007 film, The Contractor.
neutral · AI labelView post →We're gonna watch The Contractor (2007) with Wesley Snipes, we've almost surely seen it, but we finished a show and need am action movie, I couldn't find any comedies I'd watch
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie TV Tech Geeks #MovieNews #ChrisPine #TheContractor Chris Pine’s Answer to ‘Reacher’ Surges to #1 on Paramount+ http://dlvr.it/TTpb00
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie TV Tech Geeks #MovieNews #TheContractor #WesleySnipes #Netflix Wesley Snipes’ Forgotten 2007 Action Thriller Officially Gets a Second Chance on Netflix http://dlvr.it/TTD0X7
neutral · AI labelView post →Yes, I suggested early on that somebody needs to make sure the Contractor miscalculates the dimensions just as they did in the film!
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie TV Tech Geeks #MovieNews #ChrisPine #BenFoster #TheContractor Chris Pine's 103-Minute 'Reacher' Alternative Takes Over Taylor Sheridan's Longtime Streaming Home http://dlvr.it/TRd453
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie TV Tech Geeks #MovieNews #ChrisPine #TheContractor Chris Pine’s Gritty Military Thriller Is Being Reclaimed by Streaming Viewers http://dlvr.it/TQqztF
neutral · AI labelView post →Let this serve as a content warning for #TheContractor (2022). In another time I'd have discussed how better executed a violent action movie it was than a Jason Statham movie. But its themes of paramilitaries, conducting outlaw operations, with lies as excuses are far too close to current events for comfort. Even in its time it was not regarded as a particularly good movie. If you seek escapism and fiction in movies, this one has quite short supply. Find something else. You've been warned.…
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie TV Tech Geeks #MovieNews #ChrisPine #TheContractor Chris Pine's Forgotten Jack Reacher Replacement Is a Shock Streaming Hit http://dlvr.it/TQQVlX
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie TV Tech Geeks #MovieNews #TheContractor #ChrisPine #Reacher 3 Years Later, Chris Pine’s Forgotten ‘Reacher’ Clone Reignites on American Streaming Charts http://dlvr.it/TQ9bX8
neutral · AI labelView post →Just watched The Contractor (2022) https://trakt.tv/movies/the-contractor-2022 #TheContractor #trakt The Contractor (2022)
neutral · AI labelView post →Just watched The Contractor (2022) https://trakt.tv/movies/the-contractor-2022 #TheContractor #trakt
neutral · AI labelView post →In a sequel to The Contractor, Chris Pine plays a low ranked ex soldier forced by dire straits (danger: the band) to do gumshoe work in his new film “Private Investigations”
neutral · AI labelView post →Well, I suppose even Chris Pine has bills - and this rather lacklustre effort must have been his accountant's suggestion of best ways to pay. Here, he plays the down on his luck "Harper" - a former American Special Forces operative - who joins up with some former colleagues on an highly paid mission in Germany under the aegis of Kiefer Sutherland ("Rusty"). Of course it all goes wrong and we now have to endure the usual run-of-the-mill cat and mouse antics as he tries to get home safely and…
neutral · AI labelView post →Okay as a time-waster and perfectly watchable as Chris Pine, as always, makes for a great lead, but the story is really predictable and the finale, which I think only was 10-minutes, felt really rushed and unsatisfying. It's a mix of Jack Ryan, Bourne Identity and Shooter. Fine as a rental, not sure I'd revisit anytime soon. 3.0/5
neutral · AI labelView post →FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://www.msbreviews.com/movie-reviews/the-contractor-spoiler-free-review "The Contractor is one more generic action flick with a story borrowed directly from the formulaic Hollywood closet, without any surprises or even high entertainment levels. Chris Pine is the mandatory "famous face" chosen to (try to) elevate a plot seen countless times before, and with Ben Foster's friendly shoulder, they actually manage to carry Tarek Saleh's film for a good chunk of the…
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