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The Contractor

ActionThriller

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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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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  • We Could Send Letters @wecdsend.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 8, 2026

    The 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)."

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  • jane fae #facciamorete #antifa @janefae.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 23, 2026

    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...

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  • Action For Everyone @a4epodcast.bsky.socialBluesky · May 19, 2026

    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/...

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  • Ben Kuchera @benkuchera.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 17, 2024

    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.

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  • Q. @qalyon.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 26, 2026

    The Contractor was a really bad movie, it wasn't about renovation and wtf happened to Chris Pine's career?

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  • Ken M Sweeney @TheComfortableSpotPodcastMastodon · Apr 1, 2025

    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.

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  • Sophia Jetta @werkoderko.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 6, 2024

    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

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  • Cowboy Friday @thotstream.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 10, 2023

    The Contractor is a movie where the action in the back half needed to sing and it simply doesn't

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  • 3 caffeinations deep in yerbadom (On Hiatus) @revolverunit.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 18, 2026

    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.

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  • ChaosTex @bjeanius.bsky.socialBluesky · May 26, 2026

    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

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  • VideoGwen @videogwen.bsky.socialBluesky · May 19, 2026

    The Contractor is severely underrated. Great movie!

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  • Save Redland Library @saveredlandlibr.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 26, 2026

    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

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  • Michael Hogan @michaelhogan100.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 20, 2026

    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

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  • Hungover Gourmet @renm8r.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 1, 2026

    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

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  • Jordan Carpenter @jordancarp3nt3r.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 7, 2025

    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

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  • John Lannoye @johnlannoye.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 16, 2024

    Chris Pine has amazing range to be sure. Loved him in The Contractor. But yeah this movie got meh reviews at first.

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  • children of the corncob @bisk.sureis.sexyBluesky · Dec 8, 2025

    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.

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  • Movies • TV Shows & Physical Bluray Media 🍿 @movies-on-sale.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 15, 2025

    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

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  • Michael Hogan @michaelhogan100.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 24, 2025

    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

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  • Save Redland Library @saveredlandlibr.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 18, 2025

    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

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  • GZA100 @gza100.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 20, 2025

    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.

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  • Okay @okaycondition.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 9, 2025

    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.

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  • Jon Fray @jonfray.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 16, 2025

    Oh, very droll. 😂. Wondering if The Contractor gets money for nothing?

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  • Morag @moragg.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 15, 2025

    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

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  • Gaia_BentosZX5 @bento-bongos.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 1, 2025

    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.

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  • School of Schlock @schoolofschlock.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 1, 2024

    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...

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  • Alexcheetah @alexcheetah.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 28, 2026

    Shoutout to the random WRX police car in the 2007 film, The Contractor.

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  • 🍉🍍Bromez Chaddams🍍🍉 @bromezaddams.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 27, 2026

    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

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  • Curt Johnson - Indie Genius @indiegeniusMastodon · Aug 1, 2026

    Movie TV Tech Geeks #MovieNews #ChrisPine #TheContractor Chris Pine’s Answer to ‘Reacher’ Surges to #1 on Paramount+ http://dlvr.it/TTpb00

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  • Curt Johnson - Indie Genius @indiegeniusMastodon · Jun 25, 2026

    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

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  • StrangeBrickDroog @strangebrickdroog.bsky.socialBluesky · May 21, 2026

    Yes, I suggested early on that somebody needs to make sure the Contractor miscalculates the dimensions just as they did in the film!

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  • Curt Johnson - Indie Genius @indiegeniusMastodon · Mar 21, 2026

    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

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  • Curt Johnson - Indie Genius @indiegeniusMastodon · Feb 8, 2026

    Movie TV Tech Geeks #MovieNews #ChrisPine #TheContractor Chris Pine’s Gritty Military Thriller Is Being Reclaimed by Streaming Viewers http://dlvr.it/TQqztF

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  • JdeBP @[email protected]Mastodon · Jan 25, 2026

    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.…

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  • Curt Johnson - Indie Genius @indiegeniusMastodon · Jan 18, 2026

    Movie TV Tech Geeks #MovieNews #ChrisPine #TheContractor Chris Pine's Forgotten Jack Reacher Replacement Is a Shock Streaming Hit http://dlvr.it/TQQVlX

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  • Curt Johnson - Indie Genius @indiegeniusMastodon · Jan 5, 2026

    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

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  • Sayed @[email protected]Mastodon · Apr 18, 2025

    Just watched The Contractor (2022) https://trakt.tv/movies/the-contractor-2022 #TheContractor #trakt The Contractor (2022)

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  • Sayed | সাঈদ 🇧🇩 @abusayedMastodon · Apr 18, 2025

    Just watched The Contractor (2022) https://trakt.tv/movies/the-contractor-2022 #TheContractor #trakt

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  • BD Alexander @bdalexander.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 16, 2025

    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”

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  • CinemaSerf @Geronimo1967TMDB reviews · Jun 2, 2022

    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…

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  • JPV852 @JPV852TMDB reviews · May 28, 2022

    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

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  • Manuel São Bento @msbreviewsTMDB reviews · Mar 24, 2022

    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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