The Contractor Movie
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The film begins at the Montana ranch home of a former CIA Opperative - James Dial played by Wesley Snipes. One last time, he is coaxed back into action to kill a terrorist in London. It all goes wrong and he is forced into hiding where he meets and befriends a 12 year old girl.
| Velizar Binev | Beloit |
| Ralph Brown | Collins |
| Charles Dance | Windsor |
| S.J. Evans | Man on Street |
| Richard Harrington | Terry |
| Ryan McCluskey | Parcell |
| Milos Miroslav | Harris |
| Bill Richards | FBI Pilot |
| Iain Robertson | Cramston |
| Wesley Snipes | |
| Nikolai Sotirov | Jahar |
| Stanimir Stamatov | King |
| Eliza Bennett | Emily |
| Lena Headey | Ballard |
| Sousila Pillay | Woman on Street |
| Josef Rusnak |
5.40 out of 10 (1897 votes)
Visitor Reviews
Incredible!!
posted on 07 Jul 2009It is incredible!! ..yes, someone before me wrote that it was a time wasting to seat and watch this film.. it is! Don't do so! I'm totally rankled! I liked Wesley Snipes, and I founded funny that he played his name's meaning in a movie. Anyway, I wanted to see this film (at home only of course) but now (just after) I am absolutely disappointed! It was his worst movie ever. Inwatchable!! Bad actor-play! Bad cameraman! Bad scenario! ..Only one good think: that wonderful girl! Must be a manikin surely! Eeeeh!! MB ..10 lines minimum?! I don't want to waste you're time anymore to read my opinion! I hope, i was clear and under-stable, because English is not my native method of speaking. So have grate time, and see good films, like i try too.. Peace!
Not Bad, Not Great, But Not bad...
posted on 01 Jul 2009Not your typical Wesley Snipes kind of movie.(not really anyway) The acting isn't horrible. It was movie I watched it at mid evening with some popcorn, and it kept me entertained most of the time. It had a few good action scenes, but mostly it was a drama movie. The plot is by no means original either, but it plays out OK I guess. Snipes definitely wasn't at his best here. I haven't seen the other movie that is the same story, so I can't say which is better. Although I didn't feel the need to pause it for refills and pit-stops, So I gave it a 5/10. I wouldn't go to a theater to see it, but its good for a movie night when/if it gets released on cable/satellite. -P.F.
Rip off from other movies, but good action
posted on 29 Jun 2009A lot of themes or parts of the story is the same as in Leon, then other parts felt like some other movie, I don't know which, but there are an familiar feeling over the whole movie. It was kind of nice to watch, but it would have been fantastic! if the story would have been more original. The theme little girl, bad assassin from Leon, is just tweaked a little. The opening scenes are really good :-) It is strange that people like to fight in the kitchen, in the movies :-) My biggest problem was to remember which parts was from Leon, Nikita and if they where from the French or American version. If you have not seen Leon, then this is a good movie. If you liked this movie, then I can recommend Leon.Best Regards /Rick
bad (real bad) in a comical, yet new way
posted on 20 May 2009haha! you have to just smile and smile if you actually made it all the way through this movie. it like says something about myself i guess. the movie itself was created i think as some sort of psychological test, or like some sort of drug, to take you to a place you have never been before. When Wittgenstein wrote his famous first philosophical piece the tractacus (sp?) he said it was meaningless and useless, but if you read it, after you were done, it would take you to a new level, like a ladder, and then you could throw away the work and see things with clarity and true understanding. this movie is the same i think.As a movie it is without a doubt, the worst movie i have seen in a long long time in such a unique way. first of all, this is snipes. i loved watching this guy kick ass in various movies. and i have suffered through a few weak ones. however, although you know the movie might suck, you would never suspect that it could be as bad as it actually was. which is the fun of it. i mean this is snipes. you know it might be good, but it will be alright, right? smile.so this thing on every level is pure boredom, pure unoriginality. the reference to the professional is both dead on and obvious, yet so poorly done as to be comical. there is not one character in this movie that is interesting, in the least. and to make the whole thing more surreal, they have a soundtrack that sort of sounds like parts to various Bourne identity type movies, only isn't quite right. in fact, although it seems close to action movie background music, it just so happens it is done in a manner that will grate on you fantastically.then all the scenes in the total pitch black, where honestly since the characters are so flat, you don't really care whats going to happen, but regardless, after it happens and someone is killed, you just say to yourself, was i supposed to see that? what else? how about scenes with blinding, obnoxious flashing at a strobe lights pace, for a period of time that is too long to bear. sure let's throw that in. how bout this though. when you are straining and your eyes cant handle it any longer, do some more of these in the dark kills where you really don't see what happened. and on top of that, lets face it you don't care. you were past bored way from the beginning.so i drifted in and out a couple times, but i caught almost all of this movie. and it becomes something you can watch, without something that engages your mind on any level, therefore, it becomes something you can effectively zone out with, and begin to think about your life, where its going, where its been, what we are as people.and that... that is the true magic of this film.
Stay away!
posted on 30 Apr 2009After watching this I thought to myself, there are either too few good writers & directors or lots of producers.At any rate, this is a terrible movie. Terrible in a way that it's not fun, but rather makes you grit your teeth and quiver. Makes you shout "this is wrong" at the movie. Immersion is zero. By now most of you are probably used to the terrible errors/weirdness-es in movies that has computers hackers etc. in them. This movie is like that in every aspect. The only good thing about the movie is the little girl Emily, brilliantly played by Eliza Bennett. I hope she becomes big, and make this ..thing at least worth something.Do yourself a favor. Don't watch this. There is not even proper action in it. Total waste of time.
A decent action movie. A comeback for Snipes
posted on 22 Apr 2009First of all, let me just mention the fact that I have not yet had the chance to see the Mark Whalberg movie – Shooter. The Contractor and Shooter are, at least on paper, almost the same movie. A hit-man is given one important assignment, to kill someone very important, he does the job and then finds out he was set up by the very people that hired him.So, Wesley Snipes has not been in a good movie since...well since Blade 2 if you ask me. His DTV career led to him making his worst movie – The Marksman. After that low point I had not expected him to make another decent movie for a very long time, I half expected him to follow in Steven Seagal's steps and keep making awful DTV movie after awful DTV movie.With The Contractor, I was proved wrong. The movie has nothing original in it. You've seen it all before and done better, but what it does is something more DTV movies should do: it keeps the story simple and clear, it has interesting and well developed characters, it has some nice locations, it has a pretty good soundtrack and it has some talented actors. The director was OK, nothing special, but unlike most DTV directors, he manages to actually direct coherently and pretty well. The Contractor is more of an action thriller, it has a quite low action quotient, but we do get some nice shootouts, nothing special, a pretty cool fight scene, but the thing that keeps the movie going is a nice and clear and very well told story that, despite being completely predictable, it works because it follows the formula in a very relaxed manner, it just does its job effortlessly and that is the best thing about the entire movie.The movie does what it sets out to do, to be an entertaining action movie and it does it quite well. The cinematography is nice, the music is good, the acting is very good (although no awards will be handed out) and the pace is nice and relaxed, not too slow, not too fast.The Contractor is a competent action thriller that had it received more attention it could have and should have been a Cinema movie. It just did not have a big enough budget to be a Cinema movie and that shows in the action scenes, they are not bad, just too simplistic and minimalistic and not through intent, rather through a lack of money to do anything bigger. There is one actress in the movie, the young girl, who really stands out and impressed me and that is quite unexpected in such a movie. Snipes genuinely seems interested in the movie and in the material and although he clearly is not at the level we've seen him before (his career is full of examples of fine acting) he puts just the right amount of effort into the movie.Overall, the best movie Snipes has done in quite a while, a nice action movie that is definitely worth seeing and perhaps the first step towards bigger and better things for him.Definitely one of the best DTV action movies out there. Snipes has managed to reach the level of quality we're used to seeing from him and this movie is on par with the action movies put out in recent years by Jean Claude Van Damme (Replicant, In Hell, Wake of Death, The Hard Corps, Until Death – all above average action movies) and Dolph Lundgren (The Defender and The Mechanik).
Very Enjoyable, a straight-to-DVD release which is surprisingly better than most *** out of *****
posted on 12 Apr 2009although 'The Contractor' does't reach the heights of Murder at 1600 (1998) or U.S.Marshalls (1998) but then Snipes had better co-stars back then (Tommy Lee Jones & Alan Alda to name two), but it's far better than his other DVD only releases. The plot doesn't exactly break new ground it's actually very unoriginal, Wesley Snipes plays James Dial an retired assassin for the CIA, or the NSA or something, he's brought out of his retirement by his former colleague Jeremy Collins (Ralph Brown) to assassinate a Middle eastern Terrorist whose being held by the British Police in London, (Well my Home town of Cardiff actually stands in for London, far cheaper presumably - a lot of the Film from the City Centre to the Train station at the end is Actually my Hometown and NOT London And other scenes were filmed in.....yes....you guessed it...Cheapo Bulgaria) Anyway back to the movie... after Dial kills said Terrorist, he's quickly double crossed and set up for murder by his former colleagues so he spends the movie along with young friend Emily Day (Eliza Bennett) trying to clear his name.Yes It does sounds by-the-numbers but it's well acted by Snipes along with his co-stars who also include Charles Dance & Lena Headey (The Sarah Connor Chronicles) and is a really enjoyable way to spend 2 hours and it was nice to see my hometown in a Hollywood movie... even if it was Straight to DVD. The only quibble I have is that the Direction by Rusnak (who made one of my favourite movies 'The thirteenth floor') was a bit of a shambles, but not enough to spoil the film.All in All a good Direct-to-DVD Movie which was good enough for a theatrical release*** out of *****
crap - If you have a good mind don't waste it on this film...
posted on 21 Mar 2009This film was horrible. The script is COMPLETELY unrealistic yet it is written to take place in the real-world, the editing and lighting effects are worse than most first projects in film school.I do not recommend this film to anyone who: A) knows any detail about the world of police or covert operations. B) knows any detail about film making or appreciation.I do recommend this film to the average or below-average mind, I think it would be enjoyable if I was a dumber. If you must watch this film on a full mind, I highly recommend some kind of inebriationIt is a total waste of what little production value it has.
Fun but dumb
posted on 09 Mar 2009Wesley Snipes is James Dial, an assassin for hire, agent of the CIA and pure bad-ass special operative. During his free time Dial dons a cowboy hat and breeds horses with such macho names such as Beauty.Enter agent Collins, his supervising officer. Enter a new assignment - kill a terrorist that is in UK custody. Of course the United Kingdom being an allied state is a great place for covert ops and head-shots outside of courtrooms.The assassination is a big success apart from the fact, that the escape plan blew. So Dial's partner and local liaison gets killed in action trying to escape the police, whilst Dial becomes hot property with the London coppers trying to get to him and CIA trying to dispose of him.Fortunately for Dial the safe-house is routinely visited by a teenager Emily Day (Eliza Bennett), who loves hanging out with cold-blooded killers with arrest warrants and help them escape from the evil UK law enforcement...With a script like that need I say more? On the plus side Wesley Snipes is Wesley Snipes (be that a pro or a con) and the movie is quite engaging. On the minus editing is very disjointing and has a hurl effect on the stomach.
you can't lie to a liar..
posted on 23 Feb 2009another straight to DVD release for Snipes, which shows once again that he either needs the money very, very badly, or that he should take a contract out on his agent.a by the numbers thriller, Snipes is the titular character who expels a terrorist and then is framed for the murder of special guest star Charles Dance. this especially irks Lena Heady, as it just happens to be her father, and there will be no more banter between the two.so for the majority of the film, Snipes spends his time in a dirty flat in Elephant & Castle, laying injured on a sofa and being annoyed by the next door neighbour, who just happens to know everything that is going on in the news and keeps Snipes informed of the impending narration.this is a new low for Snipes, who spends the majority of the film looking and sounding doped up, with no real chemistry from anyone involved. and the film does seem to go on forever, with the very dodgy action and editing.but what makes the film even more embarrassing is the relationship between Snipes and the girl Emily, which seems very out of place in a movie like this.Snipes stays third in the direct to DVD championship at the moment, way behind Seagal and Van Damme, and that is saying something.for die hard Snipes fans only....or sadists
So bad I had to write a review and issue a fair warning!
posted on 20 Jan 2009Have previously enjoyed Wesley Snipes in several action flicks and I had expected a lot more, even from a score of 5.8 IMDb, the movie fails to entertain and even though the story is thin and unoriginal, the acting is most unfortunately thinner and goes to mimic a "worst case scenario" of playing "strong" feelings accompanied by some bad acting... Don't waist your time this movie ísnt entertaining, if you wanna cry it might suffice though, even though your tears will be wept due to seeing Wesley Snipes in the tragic action film wannabe comedy...I give this 2/10 it really was awful, if you wanna see a decent movie go see shooter or rent it, its all the good things this movie isn't.
A Thriller with Heart
posted on 27 Nov 2008James Dial (Snipes) is a retired Assassin and is asked to do one more job in London, but when he does it, he discovers he is accused of murder and his own people are trying to kill him. This can't be good.There was nothing on the shelf and I saw this one and said, "Oh, no, not another Wesley Snipes movie. Going to be nothing new in there." How wrong I was. This is a terrific movie and a big step up for Mr. Snipes.Good stunts, dialogue, cinematography and the acting was excellent by all. Now there is a newcomer in this and her name is Eliza Bennett as Emily. She is the reason this movie is a step above the usual Wesley Snipes movies (actually, they are all pretty good). Morgan Fairchild is a very good actress and she can make me laugh when she laughs and cry when she cries, and this Eliza Bennett is another Morgan Fairchild. Check her out.Violence: Yes, Sex: No, Nudity: No, Language: Yes, some f-bombs toward the end
decent
posted on 09 Aug 2008As an action/thriller this movie fails miserably! The plot almost is similar to that of "Shooter" with Mark Wahlberg! Only there are less action scenes and well the plot is pretty predictable! Snipes does an OK job! I do think it is a shame that once the great Snipes is reduced to playing roles like these! He sure has a presence and good acting skills! In DTV movies like these he will never be able to show his full potential! But I guess he doesn't have much choice! He also has to pay bills like any other man! The real surprise in "The Contractor" is the relationship between Eliza Bennett and Snipes! It was heartwarming and seemed sincere! It was like Snipes wanted to show us that he is capable of more than just playing though guys! "The contractor" is decent and adequate for a TV movie and shows that Snipes is in good form! I do hope that "Gallowwalker" will put him back at the top of Hollywood where he belongs!
The one thing is you won't hope it's contract runs out before Snipes's one with Sony does
posted on 26 Jul 2008STAR RATING: ***** Saturday Night **** Friday Night *** Friday Morning ** Sunday Night * Monday Morning James Dial (Wesley Snipes) is hiding out on his ranch in Montana after failing to capture a notorious terrorist. Then he's approached by the agency again to travel to London to have another go. His target has been apprehended there and is under heavy police protection- but they don't want him merely to capture their man- they want him taken out. All goes well but then the mission gets botched and when a senior police chief, Windsor (Charles Dance) is killed, the blame falls at Dial's feet. Hunted like an animal, he takes refuge in a nearby house and befriends a young girl named Emily (Eliza Bennett) who's dealing with issues of her own and becomes his unwitting sidekick as he goes about clearing his name and working out who betrayed him.This latest Snipes straight to DVD escapade came out of nowhere, with a minimal of publicity even for something so small time (I don't recall seeing any advertisements or trailers for it anywhere.) With this in mind and after Snipes's history of duff DVD efforts, this might have seemed like one which Snoop Dawg would tell you to drop like it's hot. But I felt compelled to give it a go anyway. It doesn't rank among his worst, but it doesn't reach any higher than the standards of some of his better ones (The Detonator, 7 Seconds, says it all, really), either.This is, at best, mildly suspenseful, with a minimal of action, naff all in the way of cool dialogue and Snipes not exactly at his best in the lead role. Likewise, in a main supporting role, it's quite clear Dance has only showed up for the pay cheque as well and this is generally one that none of the cast are going to shout for the hills about on any of their CVs.It says a lot that by the end the only 'contract' that's keeping you interested is when Snipes's will end with Sony and with it an end to any further sub par EL DVD action films. **
Not Bad
posted on 12 Jul 2008I don't know why the other reviewer hated this movie so much. I enjoyed the action, as well as the soft side brought on by the little truant, Emily. Wesley Snipes played his role very well. In a world plagued with terrorism, it is good to see that justice is sometimes served. The duality of Wesley Snipes was interesting. He was a horse lover as well as a CIA operative. He also had a reluctant tolerance for Emily, who at first seemed to get on his nerves. This movie had some good chases, fights, and shooter scenes. I had a good time with it, and if you choose to skip this one because of a bad review, you will have missed a good movie.
Don't waste your time
posted on 28 Jun 2008In the words of Charles Dance's character in this film, "Bollocks!" No plot, no character development, and utterly unbelievable.Full of stuff that just doesn't happen in the real world (since when were British police inspectors armed with handguns in shoulder holsters?). Full of mistakes (Bulgarian trains in London?). Full of dull and artificial dialogue. And the directing/editing is awful - wobbly hand-held camera shots that add nothing to the film except a vague feeling of seasickness; confusing jump-cuts; no structure.Wesley Snipes' character is totally unsympathetic - why should we care what happens to him? Direct to video? Direct to the dustbin!
Too ridiculous to be much fun
posted on 03 May 2008I wouldn't call it awful, but nothing at all shines in this movie, and it is encumbered with some seriously unbelievable basic plot development. It starts out well, but once the main hit is done, it devolves into a long subplot around a young girl which is not compelling, and some action scenes which are theatre of the absurd unrealistic. For example there is a prolonged shootout at the airport in which the lighting is all stroboscopic. No explanation for that. How credible is it that a airport storage area is going to have lights that flash on and off confusingly, and just enough to let Snipes do his incredible escape schtick? This is one of far too few action scenes punctuated by pointlessly drawn out set ups that just fails to draw one into suspending belief.In addition, the whole premise seems to be that the United States CIA team can shoot the place up but get away with it by saying "national security" to the Brits. This gimmick relies on a stereotype that is to far afield from reality to be satisfying.There are a lot better action movies out there. Better formulated, better executed. This one is entertaining at times but there is just not enough meat on the bone and after a while it becomes downright boring -- something that should never happen in a good action movie.
The First Time I've Seen Wesley Snipes Act
posted on 21 Apr 2008For me, the appearance of Wesley Snipes in a movie is about the worst recommendation possible. He is the most uncharismatic action figure ever brought to screen, eclipsing even the 'muscles from Brussels'. And with a title like 'The Contractor', I was anticipating the cheapest kind of action dross. A bland, boring shoot-'em-up. The moral of which is; you shouldn't pre-judge a movie no matter how negative the omens. Snipes loosened-up and began to ACT instead of just playing a part - that of the cynical action-man more typical of his persona. It was quite a revelation to see emotion actually register on his usually dead-pan expression. Perhaps, being set - most unexpectedly - in little old Britain, the makers realised that dependence upon the sort of expansive pyrotechnics employed to gratify the LA crowd just wouldn't cut it over here. Whatever the case, with British actors outnumbering Americans, I found it much easier to identify with the characters. That alone held my attention for the interim. The pace was much slower, and the combat scenes - although still rather over-the-top - seemed to take second place to story and character development. Putting a child in any movie is always a reliable way to engage viewer emotion, and this was no exception. I actually began to care about the characters, even including Wesney Snipes' - which I would hardly have thought possible - and that is what STORY is all about. Most of the players did a competent job, which was rather a success considering the standards of direction. And here is where I join forces with the critics. The technical aspects of this movie were, quite frankly, incompetent. Time alloted to individuals was often disproportionate. The editing itself was all over the place, with flash-cutting and slow-mo work often resulting in a very disjointed experience. The plot was so riddled with gaps and continuity flaws that it might have been spliced together from a bunch of out-takes. There was far too much incidental music, which also varied excessively in style. Not only that, the 'mood' scores - often developing some lengthy vocal/choral pieces - were too strident, making it difficult to understand the more intimate and subtly-spoken dialogue for who's moment the music was intended to accentuate. And there were lots of silly little things that were still highly significant, like Snipes' ability to evade capture when surrounded by police (including a helicopter) without even a change of clothes and also whilst seriously injured. His first wound cleared-up miraculously in just one day. And how did he get back to the USA without a passport? And moreover; how did he manage to remain free when he arrived? These issues required explanation. Some have compared this movie to 'Leon', as an example of how good it might have been. And the sad thing is; both the money and the acting talent were available to pull it off. Sadly; the effort failed. I've awarded it 7 stars because I like the British locations and the general level of acting. But judged on technical aspects alone, 4 stars would have been my limit.
Not if it ain't an action movie
posted on 07 Apr 2008Every film has a heart. Some hearts are more special than the others. But you are bound to get a wrong impression if you draw your inference without knowing where the heart is.To the plebeian crowd, if Wesley Snipes is on the poster, that means some semi-mindless non-stop action, with a streak of silly humour once in a while, is coming their way. But Wesley never signed an agreement about that, did he now? This is not an action film, though you see some action in it.First of all, it is a very low budget film, so don't go all tough and smart criticizing it. Those B-movies, which come to TV only late at night because other slots are for those blockbusters, can certainly not be measured against The Art of War or Blade. The Contractor is a simple, low budget film that shows a little girl's bond with an assassin, whose mission has gone wrong and who has fallen the prey of his own employers. While the action sequences and other things are inadvertently done, very special care has been taken of those moments that reflect the warmth of feelings. Lena Heady was not a necessary recruit for this film, her role any pretty face could play. But I like her, so I am glad she did it.Some low budget, non-famous films sometimes leave lasting impressions. Maybe they fail overall in box office and audience poll, but sometimes there can be very heartfelt elements in such films. I watched it late at night and liked it for what it is. I was not disappointed for what it was not. Because if I wanted someone other film, I would watch some other film.But of course, idiots have minds (and comments on IMDb) of their own.
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Snipes was awake!! Yay! Thank Eliza Bennett for that.
posted on 14 Aug 2009Thus far, Wesley Snipes output of DTV flicks has been somewhat poor in quality. That would be the polite way to describe dreck like The Detonator and The Marksman anyway. However, his last flick, Hard Luck, re-teaming with his New Jack City director, Mario Van Peebles, was at least watchable. It was a bit all over the place sure, but Snipes gave a performance of some interest. The Contractor is most certainly, Wes's finest DTV action flick so far. That's not to say it's particularly great, but on an overall scale, it's about on a par with Van Damme's, The Hard Corps.The plot is in part similar to Mark Wahlberg's recent flick, The Shooter, and also Leon. It's the Leon part of the story that works best in this film, while the usual hokey espionage and agency double crossing is the main ingredient on the Shooter side of this film. Snipes is an ex-sniper called in to do a job and ends up being left to take the fall for his employers, who also want to dispose of Snipes now. Following his assignment and initial run in with the law, Wesley holes up in a safe house, where he meets Emily, a tenacious and troubled young girl, who is neighbours with the safe houses owner. She helps James Dial (Snipes) recuperate from a gunshot, while also helping him avoid capture. The relationship between Dial and Emily could have wrecked the movie with inconceivability, however it works.This is where the film's main strength lies, the cast. Wesley for a start puts in the effort. He's not dialling this one in, like previous roles. He gives the role extra dimension. The cast, for a DTV film, is also blessed with recognisable names. Lena Headey is good, and hot, and Charles Dance and Ralph Brown also appear to add class. The real star here though is young actress Eliza Bennett, who plays Emily. It's so rare that young actors can really immerse themselves in a role, and be totally natural on screen. We've seen it countless times in even the biggest flicks, that young actors given important roles just cannot act. I give you Jake Lloyd as an example, or the Harry Potter kids (from the first two flicks at least, while even now they only border on competent). But Bennett is a real star in the making, oozing potential and an amazing amount of gravitas for someone so young. She is her character, and we never have to make account for her being a young actor playing a role out of her range. She has a good role that she not only does extremely well, but I imagine, created much of herself. We're talking on the same playing field as Haley Joel Osment, Dakota Fanning, Freddie Highmore. She'll be huge I predict. Indeed I think Wesley would have appreciated having someone with real, genuine talent to work off. It's a role that requires maturity and immersion, and because Bennett becomes her character so effectively, she and Snipes can work off each other so well. To think a DTV could have pulled a gem out the hat like this is quite something. By past occurrence, Snipes should have been acting opposite a lump of infantile, irksome, wood.One failing of the film lies at the feet of director Josef Rusnak. His aping of Tony Scott is problematic. The constant hand-cranking of the camera and blitzkrieg editing, just gets painful, and the action is a mixture of competent, neat scenes, and real misfires, such as a strobe lighting shootout. As for hand to hand fisticuffs, Snipes has one brief fight, which is really well done. A bit more of that would have been better than the somewhat underfinanced gunfights. Still there's a few good foot and car chases here, while the UK locales make a change from the DTV norm of Eastern Europe (Though there's still some fairly blatant Bulgaria moments here). The score isn't too bad either. It's neither memorable, exciting, nor is it irritating or grating. Overall a decent DTV effort. Worth a watch if only to marvel at a shockingly decent cast for such a film. Look out for Bennett in the future too. **1/2