First off, we would like to apologize to our fans for not visiting the movie theaters more to bring you the latest in Movie Reviews. Due to our small budget, we can not afford to watch crappiness. But you can help! Just shop online through our website to sponsor us and our staff so we can provide you a steady flow of new release. Now, turning away from our woes as business owners, we would like to talk about this new political thriller, "The Contender." The producers of this film timed the release to fit the most recent presidential race. With the recent immorality in the White House, the interest in this movie is significantly heightened although the recent slump in the film industry has trimmed the earnings down quite a bit. The storyline is this, the VP of the US dies and the Prez decides to choose a new mate to be "confirmed" by the house of Representatives. Before this candidate is confirmed, she or he has to be grilled by a special investigation committee for her or his worthiness. Well, it just so happens that dirt was dug up about this candidate and revealed her participation in an orgy back in her Harvard days. The candidate insists on her privacy and refuses to confirm the story. The Prez and the political party, in this case the Democrats, is pressed to dump her for a most recently glamorized Governor. On top of it all, you have Gary Oldman, the hateful chairman of the special committee raising hell for the candidate and an idealist Representative from Delaware played by Christian Slater revolting from his own party. Anyhow, this all plays out and while we do not want to share with your the conclusion of the film, we just want to say that there was a slight disappointment and did not live up to the expectations.

Regarding Louise's skin and togetherness index, Joan Allen only scored in the range of average. Although it was highly anticipated that a congresswoman in a high political role should always score in the top percentile in these categories, Joan Allen's character did not make the mark. To enhance her failure to present a complete successful woman, she mistakenly agreed to act out atheleticism without a body double. Her awkwardness was apparent and it was quite disturbing for the audience. As for the sex-crazed mind of Senator Laine Hanson, well, we are quite numb at this point and do not want to comment further. Jeff Bridges, playing President Jackson Evans, felt kinda comedian-like in a stand-up setting. He does not add much to the film and neither does Christian Slater. His role as Rep. Webster from Delaware was bland and not even the slightest bit irritating. But we do see two highlights to this film. One, Gary Oldman, the ugly preacher from "Scarlet Letter" is back for more sinister stuff and this time, he hit bullseye again. Also the one twist and revelation at the end was kinda cool too. Overall, this film receives 4 go's. It really only deserves 3 but the recent slack of the film industry made this movie that much more appealing.