The Contract (2006 film)
The Contract is a 2006 German-American action thriller film directed by Bruce Beresford and written by television writer Stephen Katz and John Darrouzet.The Contract stars Morgan Freeman as professional assassin Frank Carden and John Cusack as a teacher who gets entangled into his latest assignment during a camp trip with his son.Frank Carden (Morgan Freeman) is a professional assassin who has been hired to kill a reclusive billionaire named Lydell Hammond Sr., a vocal opponent of stem cell research.Meanwhile, widower Ray Keene (John Cusack), an awkward high school gym teacher, ex-cop and well-intentioned but not very able dad to Chris (Jamie Anderson), belatedly realizes the need to bond with his son when the latter gets caught smoking marijuana and takes him hiking in the wilderness.Two weeks after the incident, Keene enters a relationship with Sandra and holds a family barbecue, expressing disbelief in hearing a radio news report about Hammond Sr., dying in a "boating accident", realizing that Carden finished his contract killing.