Film2012109 min

Contraband

Name: Contraband
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Released: 2012
Duration: 109 min
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Kate Beckinsale, Ben Foster, Giovanni Ribisi, Lukas Haas

Taste attributes: actioncrimedramathrilleradventurefastunsavouryimaginarylinearglossybig & variedemotionally undemandingcomplex relationshipfighting evilrescue/escape/jeopardy

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"What would you hide to protect your family?"

Boxlist takeExpect a very fast, low-key crime thriller, big and varied rather than confined. Best if you like easy over intense.

Taste details

Pace: very fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: very linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: undemandingHow we score

Quality rating

6.3 /10

TMDB · 1,631 votes

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What lines up

Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
Originality: Balanced originality, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Emotional punch: Undemanding, where this profile leans emotive / stirring
Pace: Fast, where this profile leans slow

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Synopsis

When his brother-in-law runs afoul of a drug lord, family man Chris Farraday turns to a skill he abandoned long ago—smuggling—to repay the debt. But the job goes wrong, and Farraday finds himself wanted by cops, crooks and killers alike.

Synopsis: TMDB