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. A.V. Club critic Ignatiy Vishnevetsky described Contract to Kill as “Steven Seagal bad” and wrote that “Contract To Kill is objectively the most negligent film released by a major studio in recent years; its standards can even be described as negligent. It belongs to a museum, with all the other seagal curiosities. [5] Odie Henderson wrote for RogerEbert.com and gave the film a star, criticizing in particular the acting, editing, special effects, and “absurd” plot. [6] Frank Scheck of the Hollywood Reporter particularly criticized Seagal`s mediocre performance in Contract to Kill, describing the film as “ridiculously incompetent on all technical levels and representing the kind of wickedness that is far behind campy pleasure.” [7] Kimber Myers of the Los Angeles Times also noted Seagal`s “completely bored” delivery, but admitted that the film “is likely to appeal to fans of Seagal`s work.” [8] If Seagal really went “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. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Border Patrol agents are detaining 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. 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. 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. 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. Rated R for violence, language and short sexuality.
Harmon Zara Hayek (Jemma Dallender) also attends….