The official trailer for the action thriller The Contractor (previously titled Violence of Action) directed by Tarik Saleh has been released. Movies starring Chris PineKiefer Sutherland, and Ben Foster is slated to hit theaters and on VOD on April 1, 2022.
The promo features a soldier who feels betrayed by the Army after accidentally firing him and cutting his pension. Therefore, he had no choice but to join a private military force group to support his family’s needs.
The Contractor will tell the story of James Harper (Pine) who was dismissed for no reason from the Green Berets army. He later joined a paramilitary organization to support his family. Harper travels to Berlin with his elite team on a covert operations mission to investigate a mysterious threat. In his first assignment, he finds himself alone and being hunted across Europe, where he must fight to stay alive to return home and uncover the true motives of those who betrayed him.
Directed by Tarik Saleh, a Swedish filmmaker who has directed The Nile Hilton Incident, and several episodes of the series Westworld and Ray DonovanThe Contractor also stars Gillian Jacobs (Community, Come Play), Eddie Marsan (Hobbs & Shaw), Fares Fares (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, A Way Out), Nina Hoss (A Most Wanted Man) and Amira Casar. (Call Me By Your Name).
Here’s the official synopsis for The Contractor:
Chris Pine stars in this action-packed thriller as Special Forces Sergeant James Harper, who is accidentally discharged from the Army and cut off from retirement. In debt, running out of options and desperate to provide for his family, Harper joins an underground military group. When his first assignment goes wrong, this elite soldier finds himself being hunted and on the run, caught up in a dangerous conspiracy and struggling to stay alive long enough to return home and escape. uncover the true motives of those who betrayed him. The film also stars Kiefer Sutherland, Ben Foster, Gillian Jacobs and Eddie Marsan.
