Contraband

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Great Edge of Your Seat Movie

by kristylm

Loved the cast in this movie. Highly entertaining, gripping your seat, heart stopping and fast paste--don't know what's coming next....

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Worth the price of admission!

by Movie_Buff_86

Mark Wahlberg is at it again in his latest movie "Contraband." He plays Chris Farraday who has to go back to his old profession in order to protect his brother-in-law from a ruthless drug lord played...

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Film Noir Feel

by brasscop

Although obviously in color,Contraband has the look and feel of a 1940's crime melodrama. And that's a good thing! Wahlberg is convincing as the everyman caught in the middle, and the well paced...

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Entertainment Weekly
| Owen Gleiberman

Contraband, while often grungy and far-fetched, does keep you watching. And in January, that's recommendation enough. Read full review

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Wall Street Journal
| Joe Morgenstern

It's a genre film, not great art, though there's a good joke about art - a pricey piece of action painting, appropriately enough - but it's a thoroughly satisfying entertainment, and, in this season of lowered expectations, a nice surprise. Read full review

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Boston Globe
| Wesley Morris

I don't know that a lot of Contraband makes sense. But I'm not sure that it has to. The director Baltasar Kormákur carries the movie off with efficiency, brutality, and humor. Read full review

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The Hollywood Reporter
| Todd McCarthy

The lead role of a working class former smuggler who dirties his hands again to save his family fits Mark Wahlberg like a glove. Read full review

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Mark Wahlberg in "Contraband."