‘The Contractor’ and ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 2’ now showing in Lankan cinemas

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Two latest movies, ‘The Contractor’ and ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 2’ are now showing in Lankan cinemas.

American action thriller film The Contractor is being shown in LSC – Liberty by Scope Cinemas; CCC – Colombo City Centre; PVR Colombo 2; KCC – Kandy City Centre and Majestic Cinema.

Action-adventure comedy film Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is being shown at LSC – Liberty by Scope Cinemas; CCC – Colombo City Centre; PVR Colombo 2; KCC – Kandy City Centre; Majestic Cinema; Milano Kegalle and Savoy Rajagiriya.

The Contractor is director Tarik Saleh’s first English-language film. The film stars Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Gillian Jacobs, Eddie Marsan, J.D. Pardo, Florian Munteanu, and Kiefer Sutherland.

Involuntarily discharged from the Army, a special forces sergeant lands a contract with a private underground military force. When his very first assignment goes awry, the elite soldier finds himself hunted and on the run, caught in a dangerous conspiracy and fighting to stay alive long enough to get home and uncover the true motives of those who betrayed him. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is based on the video game franchise published by Sega. It is the sequel to Sonic the Hedgehog (2020), and was directed by Jeff Fowler and written by Pat Casey, Josh Miller, and John Whittington.

It stars Ben Schwartz reprising his role as the voice of Sonic the Hedgehog, alongside James Marsden, Tika Sumpter, Natasha Rothwell, Adam Pally, Shemar Moore, Colleen O’Shaughnessey, Lee Majdoub, Idris Elba and Jim Carrey. The film follows Sonic and Tails, who team up to find the Master Emerald before Dr. Robotnik and Knuckles the Echidna do, while also contending with the military organisation G.U.N.

After settling in Green Hills, Sonic is eager to prove that he has what it takes to be a true hero. His test comes when Dr. Robotnik returns with a new partner, Knuckles, in search of a mystical emerald that has the power to destroy civilisations. Sonic teams up with his own sidekick, Tails, and together they embark on a globe-trotting journey to find the emerald before it falls into the wrong hands.