The
Human Contract is a
drama about corporate
high-flyer Julian
(Jason Clarke), who's
about to complete a 5
billion dollar deal
for his company but
they are a family
oriented company and
it is insisted that he
doesn't finalise his
pending divorce. While
waiting for a date, he
meets Michael (Paz
Vega) and they hit it
off, but they go their
separate ways. A few
days later, he sees
her again and they get
together and they get
along real well. Both
Julian and Michael are
holding secrets for
each other which will
complicate the
relationship. It also
turns out that Michael
is married, but they
have an open
relationship, which
Julian doesn't like,
but begrudgingly
accepts. There's
something about
Michael that is
setting Julian off and
he starts to exhibit
erratic behaviour
which leads to an
incident which will
cause all of Julian's
secrets to come out,
threaten to end their
relationship and
threaten the deal his
company is about to
sign.
Interesting movie from
Jada Pinkett Smith
(?!) with both Clarke
and Vega doing a
pretty good job
steering the movie and
also with some pretty
decent chemistry in a
fairly complicated
relationship. The
movie does meander on
a bit with most of the
stuff outside of the
relationship seeming
more superfluous than
necessary,
particularly the work
stuff. Also, Julian's
marriage is barely
mentioned apart from
it ending (no sign of
his wife, which sort
of suggests something
happened to her, but
that's never
explored). Not a bad
little movie at all.
