1/5 Probably looked better on paper...
  by ribcage (Lantana, Florida United States)
Contract Killers may have looked better on paper, but the more I dwell on it, the less I think anything could make it look better.

The movie follows a conspiracy theory of higher ups in the intelligence community plotting mysterious wicked things. Our hero, an assassin who calls herself Jane, gets involved via a contract she pulled off, and she becomes enraged when she wakes up to find her husband murdered. The FBI comes to take her away, she brutally kills some innocent S.W.A.T. members who were trying to apprehend her, she escapes thanks to one smokebomb a gasleak and a scooter, and I immediately lose respect for both the protaganist and the film in the first ten minutes.

From there we race off into danger. Although, instead of "race" I should say we begin at a moderate pace. Somewhere around a jog, not a sprint. And the danger turns out to be a some other assassin hot on her tail and another government official.

The action scenes are what you would expect a handful of teenagers re-enacting their favorite scenes from the Bourne trilogy to film. Which is to say that they're boring.

The plot held a bit of mystery, too bad that mystery was revealed to be a big plate of boring and forgettable. Also, once the mystery was revealed, the movie finally decides to actually race somewhere: the ending. Forget dwelling on any of the implications of the reveal, or even, I don't know, giving the reveal some kind of climatic feel whatsoever, we are immediately picked up and placed down in the final shootout of the film. A couple of epilogues for the characters of both teams and the credits roll.

I, luckily, got this one for free and was hesitant to watch it, but the cover finally convinced me that maybe there was some kind of fun to be had from Contract Killers. Nope, wrong, there isn't!

1/5 The Most Un-Charismatic Movie Ever Made
  by Edward S. Brown (Atlanta, GA)
Madison Avenue has done it again! Watching the trailer for "Contract Killers" gives you a sense that you're about to experience The Jason Bourne Trilogy in a dress. What you actually get is a long, insipid and illogical movie that tries to attach itself to the action genre and fails miserably. Forget about closing Guantánamo Bay, I suggest making prisoners watch this movie. Not only would you torture them, they'd be begging to tell you everything you wanted to know if you'd just stop the movie. It was definitely not James Bond in high heels.

If you really want to see Girl Power at its best watch Bridget Fonda's, "Point of No Return" or Geena Davis', "The Long Kiss Goodnight."

"Contract Killers" is definitely un-charismatic.

Edward Brown
Core Edge Image & Charisma Institute
www.core-edge.com


4/5 Good for what it is: a fast action thriller !
  by Dr. Metal
If you are into Action Thrillers then this is for you, otherwise don't even bother with this DVD. The Story is nothing special, but also not a run of the mill type that would bore the audience. What distinguishes this film are the fast paced action parts which are well dispersed throughout the film. The protagonist is a young woman that has been set up by "her" own intelligence agency that she's working for as a contract killer. When her job is done she was supposed to be killed in order to get rid of any lose ends for her contractors who are in the highest positions of that intelligence agency. She, however, manages to escape her henchmen and turns the tables on the contrators once she discovers that they have been into some very illeagle schemes. Enough said, its worth watching, especially for the action scenes and the thrills that go along with them.

1/5 10 Minutes of Style, and Then The Shark Jumps
  by Daniel G. Lebryk
This "action film" starts off incredibly cool. The editing is so amazing, a technique used to show the viewer what will happen and then flashes back to the events leading up to what happens. It's a small moment, maybe 10 minutes worth of film. Then the movie just spirals farther and farther out of control. Nothing makes any sense, the sets are pitiful conference rooms, the acting goes bad, the action scenes are poor, the film is badly exposed and grainy. Just after the first murder, our lead character escapes from a Swat team outside her house, races down the streets and finally decides to drive up a parking garage. Once inside the parking garage she ends up on the roof or top level and is trapped. Well like nobody could have figured out there aren't two exits to a parking garage. It just gets worse and worse from here.

The real problem with this film is 24, a television series does infinitely better than this movie. The production values, acting, and intrigue are so much better.

Just don't waste your time on this movie, watch 24 or any Jason Statham movie.

5/5 THUMBS UP ON THIS DVD PREMIERE!
  by WONKA (Lexington, Kentucky)
Solid action flick. Good acting and moving plot. Must have for any true action fan. I haven't heard of the actors but am impressed by Frida Farrel. She plays a bad a** CIA assasin trying to break out of the killing business and live a regular life. As suits continue to follow her around, suspense ensues. The only thing about this movie is that it will make you paranoid by the end, sorta like the BOURNE movies or an ENEMY OF THE STATE.