![]() ![]() ![]() There was also an excellent twist in the end as to how the operation was pulled off but other than that, the movie was more about plotting and counterplotting rather than action. Aside from Wahlberg, there was a strong supporting cast with Kate Beckinsale as Chris’s wife Ribisi and Foster, two of the greatest actors to play psychos and druggies in film. But the supposedly simple operation runs asour when one mishap after another threatens the success of their plan - not to mention the invisible strings that pull Chris and Andy in different ways to achieve different missions.Ĭontraband, in my opinion was a pretty decent movie. When gangster Tim Briggs (Giovanni Ribisi) threatens the life of Andy, as well as Chris’s family, he and his best friend Sebastian (Ben Foster) devise a plan to smuggle a vanload of fake currency from Panama to repay Andy’s debt and put them in the clear with the mob. ![]() Deciding to take on Contraband as my first movie review of the year was spurred by this belief.Ĭontraband is a movie about reformed smuggler Chris Farraday (Wahlberg) who finds himself in a bind after his brother in law Andy makes a bad run and finds himself owing the drug syndicate $700 grand for coke that he had to throw overboard when Customs cracked down on their vessel. I’m a big fan of Mark Wahlberg and much like Jason Statham, I believe that his name alone is a surefire guarantee that moviegoers will get their money’s worth after coming out from an action packed movie. ![]()
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