Contraband (2012)
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Delivers on what it promises.
Critics and audiences alike have slammed Contraband for its unoriginality and the so-called 'convoluted plot'. I personally loved the film. Directed by Baltasar Kormákur, Contraband is based on the Icelandic film, Reykjavík-Rotterdam, which Kormákur starred in. This is a visceral thriller jam-packed with nail biting set pieces. ... read more
Better than critics would have you believe
American remakes of foreign films are almost always something to be dreaded, but Contraband is a surprising exception to the rule. Perhaps this is because the movie was directed and produced by Baltasar Kormákur, who starred in and produced the Icelandic flick Reykjavik-Rotterdam on which Contraband is based. More cyn... read more
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" Directed by: Baltasar Kormakur Produced by: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Baltasar Kormakur, Stephen Levinson, and Mark Wahlberg Based on the film “Reykjavík-Rotterdam” by: Arnaldur Indriosan and Oskar Jonasson Written by: Aaron Guzikowski Cinematography: Barry Ackroyd Edited by: Elísabet Ronaldsdo Music by: Clinton Shorter Distributed by: Universal Pictures "
"Chris Farraday is a retired smuggler turned family man who now owns his own business selling alarm systems. Farraday is forced back into the contraband game when his brother-in-law Andy, owes his boss Tom Briggs a large sum of money due to the drug deal he failed to deliver. Everything does not go according to plan when Farraday goes to Panama with his team of smugglers to repay Andy's debt. This was a pretty good heist thriller. I thought the story was unique and the location too. I haven't s"