110 min. | Rated R
Director Baltasar Kormákur has been making Icelandic movies in varying genres for years, and Contraband is a remake of 2008’s Reykjavik-Rotterdam, an Icelandic blockbuster. At its best, Contraband pulls something fresh out of derivative characters, and watching Mark Wahlberg, “the Houdini of smuggling,” work his way out of a freight-sized cocaine-flavored pickle is entertaining. Throughout the film, Kormákur creates random and wonderfully funny moments that almost make up for the film’s weaknesses, the biggest of which is that Contraband is a fairly typical dumb action movie. (AMY SCOTT)
Official Site: www.contrabandmovie.net
Director: Baltasar Kormákur
Writer: Aaron Guzikowski
Cast: Kate Beckinsale, Mark Wahlberg, Ben Foster, Giovanni Ribisi, Diego Luna, J.K. Simmons, Lukas Haas and William Lucking
Sorry there are no showtimes for Contraband on Thursday, March 1.