The Contract (2007) Morgan Freeman Frank Carden John Cusack Ray Keene Megan Dodds Sandra William Tapley Gordon Jennings Jamie Anderson (II) Chris Keene Corey Johnson Davis Jonathan Hyde Turner Bill Smitrovich Wainwright Anthony Warren Royko Ned Bellamy Evans Alice Krige Miles Thomas Lockyer Johnson Gary Whelan Stanfield Ian Shaw Michaels Atanas Srebrev Rodrigues Maynard Eziashi Robbins Ryan McCluskey Lochlan Michelle Newell Real Estate Lady Eric Meyers (III) Truck Driver Jonas Talkington Paramedic Jeff Rank (II) Trooper Directed by: Bruce Beresford Produced by: Danny Lerner, Boaz Davidson, Danny Dimbort While on a hiking trip to reconnect with his son after the death of his wife, Ray Keene stumbles into a nightmare scenario of paid assassins and ex-military guns-for-hire. Frank Cardin is attempting to fulfill a contract to assassinate a high profile businessman when things go awry and he ends up in the custody of the U.S. Marshalls. After an ill-fated attempt by his compatriots to free him Frank finds himself in the custody of ex-lawman Ray and his son. As they try to make their way back to civilization they are relentlessly pursued by Frank's friends who are intent on freeing their leader in order to collect on the contract. But one may be more foe than friend. ========== Ray Keene, a father who wants to redeem himself in the eyes of his son, is trying to bring Carden, a world-class assassin to justice. All the while, he must protect his son and evade the assassin's team who are methodically hunting them down in the wilderness. ========== The widower teacher and baseball and basketball coach Ray Keene lost his wife that died of cancer two years ago. When his teenage son Chris Keene is caught by the police smoking pot, Ray invites him to hike and camp in the woods to increase their bonds. Meanwhile, the mercenary assassin Frank Carden is arrested by FBI after a car accident in the middle of a contract to kill an important target. While Frank is traveling on the road escorted by three FBI agents, his men try to rescue him, but his car falls into a river and is carried by the drift. Ray helps the wounded agent and the cuffed Frank to leave the river, and feels responsible to deliver Frank to justice. The former policeman and stubborn Ray does not listen to Frank's proposal to leave him alone and travel through the woods with Chris, trying to find a safe place. But Frank's men and an undercover agent in the team are chasing the group with different lethal intentions.