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The Contract (2006)

★ 5.8 · 560 ratings on TMDB

Every killer meets his equal.

The Contract poster★ 5.8

Attempting to recover from a recent family trauma by escaping into the woods for a peaceful hiking trip, an ex-lawman and his young son stumble across a dangerous contract killer.

DirectorBruce Beresford
CastAlice Krige, Anthony Warren, Bill Smitrovich, Corey Johnson, John Cusack, Jonathan Hyde
GenresAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller
The emergence reading

The Contract keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same subject, different rung

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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