"The Contract" is sort of a less intense "The River Wild". Morgan Freeman plays an assassin who is setting up his next assignment with his team when he finds himself escaping the police through the forest. At the same time, John Cusack plays a man trying to reconnect with his son on a camping expedition. Of course, those worlds collide and Ray (Cusack) finds himself trying to bring Carden (Freeman) to justice while still trying to protect himself and his son. The movie plays some cat-and-mouse as Carden's team is trying to get him free, but they may not all have the same motives with a lot of money at stake. This is a fun "pursuit" and chess game movie with the expected good performances from Cusack and Freeman (who, as usual, is pretty much playing Morgan Freeman). It is a good movie in a lot of ways, but the total package ends up being just a little better than mediocre. Without Cusack and Freeman in these parts, you basically have a made-for-cable movie (and not the great HBO ones!!). Grade: C
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