Written and directed by keoni Waxman, Seagal`s frequent accomplice, this effort was filmed in Romania, a country that for some reason still takes the actor seriously. Seagal plays John Harmon, an “executioner” for the CIA and DEA (seems exaggerated), whose latest mission involves a conspiracy involving both Islamic terrorists and Mexican drug dealers, which only looks like a wet dream of Donald Trump. After a brief chase and shootout between Harmon and al-Mujahid`s men, Harmon learns from Beck that the real target is Abdul Rauf (Ghassan Bouz), the bomb maker responsible for shooting down a Crimea Airlines plane in Syria. Rivera`s men attack Harmon`s refuge and kidnap Hayek; Harmon and Sharp find and kill Al-Mujahid and his men at the Palace Hotel. Rivera and Rauf flee to the former`s field at Rumelifeneri, but are found by Harmon, who shoots them in the neck or head before kissing Hayek. The film ends with Harmon thinking about the need for agents like him. Harmon is supported in his investigation – and he needs a lot of support – Zara (Jemma Dallender), the kind of sensual and sexy FBI agent that can only be seen in bad movies, and Sharp (Russell Wong), a master drone pilot whose ability, depicted in the form of him constantly playing with a portable control panel, is not particularly exciting cinematically. Harmon explains the absurd plot to you much better than me, so you have to see the movie if you want more information. But one of its best lines will serve as a valid summary.
Harmon told Hayek, “We interview some people. If we love them, we give them a box of chocolates. If we don`t, we will kill them. Besides, no one gets a box of chocolates. ==External links==Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Border Patrol agents arrest two “non-Mexican” migrants linked to al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and Daesh; The CIA suspects the terrorists of brokering a deal with the Sonora cartel – led by José Rivera (Mircea Drambareanu) – to smuggle terrorists from Mexico into the United States. Former Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and CIA agent John Harmon (Steven Seagal), who raided a Sonora compound and killed its former leader, El Mini Oso, is recruited by CIA mediator Matt Beck (Andrei Stanciu) to stop the extremist conspiracy. Odie “Odienator” Henderson has been working in the field of information technology for over 33 years. He runs the blogs Big Media Vandalism and Tales of Odienary Madness. Read his answers to our love of cinema questionnaire here. Steven Seagal fights Islamic terrorists and Mexican drug traffickers in his latest “Contract to Kill” action vehicle. If Seagal really became “Full Orson,” “Contract to Kill” is his “Chimes at Midnight.” Writer and director Keoni Waxman`s script is so vast that it plays like the film`s Wikipedia page.
Seagal is busy explaining everything to the viewer. He speaks SLOWLY, and most of what he says is terrible like a plum. For example, a first interrogation scene in prison turns into a five-minute essay on how John Harmon de Seagal understood the criminal`s modus operandi. They are sort of Mexican drug lords, Arab terrorists and a plane exploded by a bomb. The terribly rendered and explosive F/X plane must have cost a lot of money, because “Contract to Kill” repeats the tasteless effect four times. While cute little children are playing football, body parts suddenly rain down on them from the sky. Harmon recruits former flame and FBI agent Zara Hayek (Jemma Dallender) and spy drone pilot Matthew Sharp (Russell Wong), trained by US Army/CIA Special Forces, after learning that the meeting between the terrorist coalition and the Sonora cartel will take place in Istanbul, Turkey. In Istanbul, Harmon`s team spies on Hezbollah leader Ayan Al-Mujahid (Sergiu Costache) and Rivera, but the meeting is interrupted and postponed after al-Mujahid notices Sharp`s drone. Rated R for violence, language and short sexuality. The current incarnation of Seagal is not fun at all. Of course, his film titles remain as attached to the three-word format as Robert Ludlum`s novels, but that`s the only thing that hasn`t changed.
If you haven`t dived into Seagal`s many live-to-video efforts over the past decade, his physical appearance in “Contract to Kill” may come as a surprise: he has become the commercial era of Paul Masson`s wine, Orson Welles. This extra scope forces the publisher to make unusual decisions during the fight scenes, as it`s clear that Seagal is no longer flexible enough to whip everyone thrown at him. As a result, “Contract to Kill” seems to be edited by a guide dog with a kind of cook; you can`t tell in Seagal`s action scenes who is doing what to whom. If there`s one brilliant reason to use CGI, it`s this one. Instead, we are stuck in a mess of floating limbs that don`t seem to belong to the body swinging them. Harmon Zara Hayek (Jemma Dallender) also attends. Her job is to do what attractive women of this kind have been doing for decades: she undresses, has a poorly cut and topless sex scene with Harmon, and although she is able to throw a punch that starts and ends with her always on screen, she is reduced to being a girl in need. The cynic in me noticed that although she is much smaller than Seagal, the bad guys manage to connect with her much more violently than with him. On the plus side, Hayek can rock a red dress that is so noisy that it evokes pleasant memories of the one Irene Cara wore in “Sparkle.” On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 0% approval rating, based on 5 reviews, with an average rating of 1.2/10. [3] Metacritic gave the film a score of 3 out of 100 using a weighted average, based on 5 reviews, indicating an “overwhelming aversion”. [4] Ridiculously clumsy at all technical levels and representing the kind of wickedness that is far behind campy fun, Contract to Kill is strictly DOA.
Judging by his non-performance in his latest three-word movie vehicle, former action movie star Steven Seagal might actually be dead and no one bothered to tell him. I say “old” because the performer is such a shadow of his old self (spiritual, not physical, because it is now twice as big) – that everything that has to do with “action” is now completely out of his reach. Longtime fans will want to avoid Contract to Kill and dig up their old DVD copies of Under Siege and Above the Law. “Contract to Kill” made me miss old Steven Seagal, the one who stabbed Oscar-winning actors in the head with gigantic knives and pierced the eyes of racially stereotyped voodoo practitioners. The thin, ponytail-free, humorless Aikido master who ploughed hyper-violently through legions of unhappy henchmen on the way to his Big Boss character. The guy who once made a movie where a two-time Oscar winner had a huge verbal panic off-screen so the director could take another close-up of himself. At the end of this film, the director gave a long speech on the environment after blowing up an oil rig and polluting the ocean. I miss the Steven Seagal. It was fun. A retired “mechanic” who had worked on both sides of the law, Harmon was reinstated by the CIA.
He likens his task to “a monkey trying to beat a soccer ball,” an analogy I definitely steal. Simply put, however, the task is to carry out an assassination, but the identity of the target is constantly changing. He is supported by Matthew Sharp (Russell Wong). Sharp is an ace with a drone, which means Wong spends most of the movie staring at a portable screen. One of its drones has a functional automatic weapon designed to give Amazon Prime ideas for dealing with customers who complain. However, Sharp turns out to be very ugly with surveillance; The villain Jose Rivera (Mircea Drambareanu) immediately sees Sharp`s drone spying on him. Cast: Lionsgate Production Companies: Daro Film Distribution, Actionhouse Pictures Cast: Steven Seagal, Russell Wong, Jemma Dallender Director-Writer: Keoni Waxman Producers: Steven Seagal, Keoni Waxman, Binh Dang Executive Producers: Barry Brooker, Stan Wertlieb, Phillip B. Goldfine, Pierre Andre Rochat, Benjamin F. .
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