Fresh
The result is unlikely to linger long in the memory, but it's enormous fun while it lasts...
Tom Huddleston, Time Out
Contraband
What would you hide to protect your family?
2012 · 1h 49m · R
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Baltasar Kormákur
Overview
When his brother-in-law runs afoul of a drug lord, family man Chris Farraday turns to a skill he abandoned long ago—smuggling—to repay the debt. But the job goes wrong, and Farraday finds himself wanted by cops, crooks and killers alike.
Director and cast
- Baltasar Kormákur Director
- Mark Wahlberg as Chris Farraday
- Kate Beckinsale as Kate Farraday
- Ben Foster as Sebastian Abney
- Giovanni Ribisi as Tim Briggs
- Lukas Haas as Danny Raymer
- Caleb Landry Jones as Andy
- Diego Luna as Gonzalo
- J.K. Simmons as Captain Camp
- David O'Hara as Jim Church
- William Lucking as Bud Farraday
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
50%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A winter-season product, but perfectly absorbing once it gets going.
David Denby, New Yorker
Fresh
It's a good, chugging caper movie for the most part.
Glenn Kenny, MSN Movies
Rotten
Wahlberg could sleepwalk through this role, and does. See this movie and you'll surely follow his lead.
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Rotten
"Contraband" comes off the factory floor with its engine running and ready to drive. But the ride feels overly familiar.
Tom Long, Detroit News
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