The Contractor

After he was involuntarily discharged, U.S. Special Forces Sgt. James Harper (Pine) must find a way to pay off his debt and support his family. So, along with his best friend, Mike (Foster), he joins a private contracting organization under the command of fellow veteran Rusty Jennings (Sutherland). On his first assignment, however, Harper finds himself in trouble as the contractors aren't the type of men he had expected to work with. Now, hunted and on the run, the elite soldier is caught up in a conspiracy that forces him to fight for his life long enough to make it home and find those responsible for betraying him.

Director: Tarik Saleh. Stars: Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Gillian Jacobs, Eddie Marsan, J.D. Pardo, Florian Munteanu, Kiefer Sutherland. 2022. 103 mins. Action.

Catch the Fair One

Native American boxer Kaylee (Reis) is at the end of her career. Sleeping in a shelter and working during the day as a waitress, she has more than just boxing on her mind. Consumed by the memory of her missing sister, Weeta (Borrero), Kaylee goes undercover in a sex trafficking organization and meets the kingpin, Bobby (Henshall), hoping he has answers to her sister's whereabouts. Kaylee may have found herself in too deep, however, and she must now put her professional skills to good use in order to save herself and find her sister.

Director: Josef Kubota Wladyka. Stars: Kali Reis, Mainaku Borrero, Daniel Henshall, Tiffany Chu, Michael Drayer, Lisa Emery, Kimberly Guerrero, Kevin Dunn. 2021. 85 mins. Crime/Thriller.

Compartment No. 6

Finnish grad student Laura (Haarla) has just left her Russian lover in Moscow and boarded the northbound train for Murmansk, a remote port city off the Barents Sea. Paired in the sleeping compartment with a loutish Russian miner named Ljoha (Borisov), who is on his way to one of the area's largest mines, it seems the two are complete opposites. But as the journey continues, the travelers chip away at each other's facade and begin to see the world through a more complicated lens than their prejudices had previously allowed.

Director: Juho Kuosmanen. Stars: Seidi Haarla, Yuriy Borisov, Yuliya Aug, Dinara Drukarova, Sergey Agafonov. 2021. 107 mins. Drama.