Contraband Movie Reviews

Mark Wahlberg seems to have mastered the art of the no-nonsense-guns-and barrels guy. Perhaps, that is why, his Chris seems like a cakewalk -- nothing too much and nothing too less. Or so it seems, when it comes to his only calling in life -- family. So much so it eventually takes yet another family member to get him back into action. In this case, it's his wife Kate's ( Kate Beckinsale) brother, Andy (Caleb Landry Jones) who has just messed up a cocaine delivery project

The absurdity of the story in the largely thrill-free thriller Contraband, its hairpin twists and outrageous coincidences may keep even hungry action fans away. That’s too bad because the story doesn’t matter. (It rarely does.) If anything, the film’s adherence to implausibility as a defining narrative principle — a reliably winning Mark Wahlberg plays a New Orleans super-smuggler on a fast boat to Panama who faces a wolf, an armoured truck and a drip painting

Hollywood loves heist flicks. Nothing says entertainment like a bunch of antiheroes with guns outrunning American policemen. In fact, the only thing Hollywood loves more than heist films is remakes. So when debutant screenwriter Aaron Guzikowski began to pen the remake of the Icelandic thriller Reykjav ­k-Rotterdam, execs exalted 'A remake and a heist movie! Can we get Mark Wahlberg for this?' Reykjav ­k-Rotterdam wasn't a classic to begin with

Contraband review. What’s Good: The last few reels of the film; a few action scenes. What’s Bad: The average p...