Chris Pine is 'The Contractor' in a new movie

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James Harper (Chris Pine) is a career Special Forces Sergeant. Unfortunately his career is cut short due to a knee injury. He is discharged from the Army without his pension. With a wife and son to support, what will he do?

The private sector comes calling. He is a bit ambivalent about going that route, however when his buddy  (Eddie Marsan) tells him about a private underground military force he himself works for, Harper decides to hire on. The black ops force is headed by a man named Rusty (Kiefer Sutherland). With an advance of fifty thousand dollars, Harper thinks this is a good job for him, and it will get his family out of debt.

The operation was supposed to be easy. In, do the job, then out and back home. So, the team does go in, does their job, but when they are exiting they encounter a problem. Soon Harper finds himself on the run, but from whom? Who are the people trying to hunt him down and kill him? What in the world is going on? It doesn’t look or feel like the operation he signed on for.

It takes the rest of the story for Harper to figure out what and who are behind whatever he is in. He must stay alive and evade those who are after him. Then he must deal with whatever went wrong with the operation. And it is indeed a good finale when he finally gets his due.

Pine is good at playing the morose former Army Sergeant who has good intentions but discovers something that he shouldn’t. Just what happened with his mission? Upon discovering what he had gotten himself into, he is not only furious but also bewildered.

This is not a “must see” movie, however there are those who will enjoy the black ops part of the story.

There is another film of the same name that came out in 2007, however it is not the same story.

The Contractor is rated R for violence and language. It will be in theaters and on digital April 1, 2022.

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