He’s used so many different voices over the years that an argument could be made that Ribisi forgot how to speak in his normal voice years ago.Directed with straight-to-DVD flair by Baltasar Kormakur, “Contraband” tries to look and feel like a Michael Mann film. Ribisi, who never met a voice he didn’t like, speaks with a Southern accent, yet another in a long line of accents he’s used in movies. Apparently there’s an unwritten rule that a film can’t feature likeable thieves in the middle of their career.An American remake of the Icelandic film “Reyjcavik-Rotterdam,” “Contraband” stars Wahlberg as a retired smuggler who is pulled back in to save his brother-in-law, who dumped 10 pounds of cocaine on a run after Border Patrol boarded his boat.After spending the first hour setting everything up, Wahlberg spends a good portion of the second half of the film on a slow boat to Panama, where he can pick up $15 million in counterfeit bills, leaving his wife (Kate Beckinsale) and children under the care of his best friend, while the drug lord (Gionvanni Ribisi) he’s trying to repay terrorizes them. After starring in duds like “The Big Hit” and “Shooter,” Wahlberg began adding quality films to his resume, notably his Oscar-nominated role in Martin Scorsese’s “The Departed.” “Contraband” marks a return to those early days, when Wahlberg was still mostly known as Marky Mark.“Contraband” is yet another in a long line of heist films that are about that “one last job,” which is almost becoming a genre unto itself.
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Things quickly fall apart and with only hours to reach the cash, Chris must use his rusty skills to successfully navigate a treacherous criminal network of brutal drug lords, cops and hit men before his wife, Kate (Kate Beckinsale), and sons become their target.By Ryan HillMark Wahlberg is one of those actors who just can’t seem to break free of his low-rent action hero beginnings.
Chris is a legendary smuggler and quickly assembles a crew with the help of his best friend, Sebastian (Ben Foster), for one final run to Panama and back, hoping to return with millions in counterfeit bills. Chris Farraday (Wahlberg) long ago abandoned his life of crime, but after his brother-in-law, Andy (Caleb Landry Jones), botches a drug deal for his ruthless boss, Tim Briggs (Giovanni Ribisi), Chris is forced back into doing what he does best - running contraband - to settle Andy’s debt.
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Set in New Orleans, the film explores the cutthroat underground world of international smuggling - full of desperate criminals and corrupt officials, high-stakes and big payoffs - where loyalty rarely exists and death is one wrong turn away. Mark Wahlberg leads the cast of Contraband, a fast-paced thriller about a man trying to stay out of a world he worked so hard to leave behind and the family he’ll do anything to protect. Check out he trailer below via Yahoo and more images below. Overall, this looks like your run-of-the-mill January thriller. At least it seems to be a main device in Contraband. Also, when will scenes in shipping docks end? We’ve had The Losers, The A-Team and Hanna all in the last few years. The latter three look like they’re having fun, but the entire plot seems quite recycled and generic. And those are just in the first few months.īased on the film Reykjavik: Rotterdam, Contraband stars Mark Wahlberg, Kate Beckinsale, Ben Foster, Giovanni Ribisi and Lukas Haas. We have Asger Leth‘s Man on a Ledge with Sam Worthington, Daniel Espinosa‘s Safe House with Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds, Tommy Wirkola‘s Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters with Jeremy Renner, Mabrouk El Mechri‘s The Cold Light of Day with Bruce Willis and Henry Cavill and Baltasar Kormákur‘s Contraband, which we have the first trailer for today. There seems to be a running theme next year with foreign directors making their big Hollywood splash.
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