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Film · 2012

Contraband

Directed by Baltasar Kormákur · starring Ian Casselberry, Lucky Johnson and Caleb Landry Jones

  • 1 h 50 min
  • Suspense · Crime
  • USA
  • Released in the UK 15 March 2012
  • 5.3 AverageMovieNCo
  • 6.3 Users25 votes
  • 4.4 Critics2 reviews
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Synopsis

Ex-smuggler Chris Farraday (Mark Wahlberg) gave up his criminal ways long ago. But, he's forced back into the game after his brother-in-law, Andy (Caleb Landry Jones), botches a drug deal for a crime lord (Giovanni Ribisi), leaving Chris to settle the debt. With the help of his best friend (Ben Foster), Chris assembles a team to run to Panama to retrieve a fortune in counterfeit bills. When things go awry, Chris must call on his rusty skills to complete the task before his family pays the price.

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The essentials

Runtime
110 min1 hour and 50 minutes
Budget
$25mUniversal Pictures
Box office
$64.6m2.6 times its budget
How long is Contraband?
1 hour and 50 minutes (110 minutes).
When was Contraband released in the UK?
It was released in the UK on 15 March 2012.
Who directed Contraband?
Baltasar Kormákur.
Who is in Contraband?
It stars Ian Casselberry, Lucky Johnson, Caleb Landry Jones and Jason Mitchell.
Where can I watch Contraband?
In the UK it is available to rent on Apple TV and Prime Video.
How much did Contraband make?
It took $64.6 million in US. It cost $25 million.
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Cast

Full cast (23)
Director
Baltasar Kormákur
Producers
Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Baltasar Kormákur, Mark Wahlberg

Photos and posters

All 15 photos

Reviews

All 5 reviews
6.3 25 votes
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What the critics say average 4.4 from 2 outlets

  • 5.0 Rolling StonePeter Travers "Contraband (...) is deflated in a sea of Hollywood clichés (...) Wahlberg would play the role to sleepwalking and he does it." Read
  • 3.7 New York PostKyle Smith "Contraband stupidly tries to be funny, but just gets the first thing". Read
  • CinemaníaAndrea G. Bermejo "Contraband mixture port frames of 'The Wire' (...), 'Treme' and a worthy cocky rythm of 'Ocean's Eleven' that, what a shame, unable to keep it regularly throughout the film. It has also a portfolio…

Box office

Weekend by weekend
  • Budget $25m
  • US $64.6m

Soundtrack

All 15 songs
  1. Don't Break the NeedleJ. Roddy Walston, The Business Spotify
  2. Have You Ever Loved a WomanMoJEAUX Spotify
  3. The SatisfierEli 'Paperboy' Reed, The True Loves Spotify
  4. Only TimeJay Fresko Spotify

Trivia

  • One of two 2012's releases starring 'Mark Wahlberg' as the hero and Giovanni Ribisi as the antagonist, the other film being Ted (2012).

  • Baltasar Kormákur, director of the film, was the lead actor of the original film, Reykjavík Rotterdam (2008), playing the same role as Mark Wahlberg.

  • This is Baltasar Kormákur's first Hollywood movie.

  • Editor Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir also edited the original Reykjavík Rotterdam (2008). Ólafur Darri Ólafsson had a role in both films, too.

  • In a scene at the harbor, Kate Beckinsale is required to say goodbye to Mark Wahlberg, put their kids in the car, and drive away. Only when they came to shoot the scene did the producers learn that Kate doesn't drive.

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