The Contract
“Every killer meets his equal.”
2006 · 1 h 36 min
Bruce BeresfordCast
John Cusack 
Morgan Freeman Jamie Anderson 
Alice Krige 
Megan Dodds 
Corey Johnson
Credits
Written by: Stephen Katz
Plot
An ex-lawman on a hiking trip with his young son stumbles across a dangerous contract killer.
Sinekatalog’s take
Bruce Beresford's thriller is a decent mid-tier chase, with Morgan Freeman and John Cusack.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 5.6 / 10 (27,656 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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