Movie Review: Contraband (2012)

Contraband 
A movie review by Dave Randal
February 19, 2012

Genre: Action | Crime | Drama

Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Ben Foster, Giovanni Ribisi, Kate Beckinsale

Director: Baltasar Kormakur,

Writers: Aaron Guzikowski

Release Date: January 13, 2012 (USA)

Plot: To protect his brother-in-law from a drug lord, a former smuggler heads to Panama to score millions of dollars in counterfeit bills.

Want to know more about this movie?: Contraband(2012) IMDb Page

I usually like watching movies with Mark Wahlberg. A lot of people will critique him as just being a muscle head who can't act, but I think he has a lot more depth as an actor than people think. In his new movie Contraband though I think he comes off pretty bland.

Contraband is about a man named John Bryce who was a former criminal who would smuggle things back into the country on a ship that he was apart of the crew of. He has since cleaned up his life starting a family and a security business. His young brother-in-law gets into some trouble after botching a smuggling job for some drug dealers and needs John's help to do one last job to pay off his debt.