a5c7b9f00b Chris Faraday once smuggled illegal items or contraband into the country on freighters. He left that life behind, got married, has a family and went legit. But when his brother-in-law got involved with Briggs, a drug dealer and when he blew a deal, Briggs demands restitution which he can't deliver. So Chris offers to find a way to pay Briggs but then he threatens Chris' family if he doesn't deliver. So he gets on a freighter destined for Panama and he sets out to bring back some counterfeit currency. Briggs "goes to see" Chris' family. When Chris learns of this he asks his friend Sebastian to take care of them which he does. He tells Chris that it would be better to bring drugs instead of the cash.
To protect his brother-in-law from a drug lord, a former smuggler heads to Panama to score millions of dollars in counterfeit bills.
In the exclusively clichéd Contraband, ex-bad guy Mark Wahlberg plays Chris Farraday who helps his idiot brother-in-law out of a jam but gets himself and wifey into plenty himself.<br/><br/>Quite frankly, that's all I want to say about this mess of a movie. It was a gut wrenching experience to watch old burned out themes overlapping even older and tired themes repeatedly. Hell, they all-but start the movie in the standard crowded, obviously East-Coast bar where Chris professes the standard, retired "he ain't like that anymore" speech.<br/><br/>It didn't help the movie was filmed in the dark, for the most part, and the script all over the place. Throw in bad performances, ho-hum action segments and actors who just didn't care to be there.<br/><br/>This heist themed film is so far removed from entertainment that it should, in fact, be banned. It's light-years under Ocean's Eleven (pick one) and it's a chore to get to the inevitable, highly foreseen finale.<br/><br/>Seriously, there is barely a redeeming quality here and it should be skipped.
This is the sort of movie I love to watch late at night, during a Saturday evening, when I just want to relax. However that isn't saying anything about the quality of the movie though.<br/><br/>No, this really is not a great movie. I can enjoy a good genre flick but this one has far too little to offer.<br/><br/>I'm not even complaining about the originality of the movie. As a matter of fact, I give the movie credits for picking a somewhat original subject. Seriously, how many crime/action movies are out there dealing with the subject of contraband. And really, even though its mostly being still a movie by the numbers, this is really not the biggest problem I had with this movie.<br/><br/>Problem with the movie was that it was really lacking in some good excitement. I at least expected to get some good action out of this movie but the action is in this movie is pretty sloppy and besides the action moments are often far too short. There also isn't anything sucha big, spectacular pay off at the end and just don't watch this movie expecting a lot of explosions or gun fights. This movie did cost quite a lot of money to make but quite frankly I can't really see where they spend it all on.<br/><br/>Perhaps Mark Wahlberg is that expensive to hire but for some reason I don't believe that is the case. Now, I'm not a Wahlberg hater at all but I'm starting to get quite fed up with him playing the same guy, over and over again. It's like he's hardly putting any effort in it and is just here in this movie to collect his paycheck,fastpossible, so he can take off again and do a movie or series he truly enjoys producing or starring in.<br/><br/>But it's not like any other actor impresses in this movie. There are actually some big names in it but it makes you wonder why. Their roles are hardly interesting so they also can't really do much good with it. Giovanni Ribisi still did the best job of the lot but unfortunately also his character is an underwritten and underused one.<br/><br/>It's simply a poorly written movie, involving both its story and characters. The story isn't given enough excitement, while the actors aren't given enough material to play around with and try to still make something good out of it all. It's disappointing, even for the genre lovers.<br/><br/>5/10 <br/><br/>http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/
Contraband, while often grungy and far-fetched, does keep you watching. And in January, that's recommendation enough.
When Giovanni Ribisi first auditioned for Contraband, it was for a different part. The director, Kormákur, suggested he read for Tim Briggs, the local thug who terrorizes the Farraday family. Kormákur says he was originally looking for the tough guy, but he felt that Ribisi brought something unexpected and more dangerous than a typical bully would.
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