El Contrato

Contrato has a lot of potential, unfortunately the film is a victim of his own amateurism.As far as Portuguese cinema goes this is definitely a step forward but we can't seem to be able to shake some clichés. Pedro lima plays Peter Mcshade, a hit-man with a very strong sense of ethics that finds himself involved in a conspiracy. The plot is actually quite interesting and you get drawn into it as the story builds up and there's also a nice little plot twist.So, where does the movie fail? Well, for starters, sometimes it doesn't come trough as very believable, specially when the characters speak English...its a poor attempt to make the film a bit more mainstream. Plus, in order to give some swagger to the characters the writers decided to put the actors swearing every two lines...and this does nothing for the movie but to emphasize the amateurism. All in all this is a weak movie but two thumbs up for the effort and good performance by Pedro Lima.

6/10