Release Date
January 13, 2012
DVD Release Date
April 24, 2012 (Buy on Amazon)
Director
Baltasar Kormakur
Writer
Aaron Guzikowski
Cast
Mark Wahlberg, Kate Beckinsale, Ben Foster, Giovanni Ribisi, Lukas Haas, Caleb Landry Jones, Diego Luna, J.K. Simmons
Studio
Running Time
110 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated R for violence, pervasive language and brief drug use
Mark Wahlberg leads the cast of Contraband, a white-knuckle action-thriller about a man trying to stay out of a world he worked hard to leave behind and the family he’ll do anything to protect. 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.
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MOVIE REVIEW
If there's one thing Marky Mark is good at these days, it's being a badass. Whether playing an up-and-coming boxer or a military sniper, the former rapper knows how to throw a punch and look all-menacingly like. Even when his movies aren't very good, you know you're going to get an energetic, badass performance from the guy*. Takes Contraband, his latest movie. It's routine and unremarkable, but Mark Wahlberg does what he does best: play a badass, and that's enough. Full movie review »
