The premise is deceptively generic, launching at maximum speed into the overly familiar notion of a dark past that won’t let the protagonist go. As time rapidly runs out, Chris must contend with crooked officials, vicious gangsters, and disastrous betrayals all while staying one step ahead of those attempting to thwart his desperate mission.
To protect his family he must carry out one last score and heads to Panama to smuggle a fortune in counterfeit bills.
#Contraband 2012 professional#
When his brother-in-law gets caught up with a dangerous drug dealer (Giovanni Ribisi), former professional smuggler Chris Farraday (Mark Wahlberg) is left with few options. The excitement may be there at times, but skimped character development and a camera that just won’t settle down only result in indifference towards those roles that audiences are badgered into rooting for. Yet somehow Plans A, B, C, and D all manage to work out in the end and everything is wrapped up neatly in a nice little anticlimactic bow. An almost impossible Plan D arrives when predictable plot twists occur … and the cycle continues. Plan B gets compromised so they must rely on a quickly improvised and even more risky Plan C. Plan A doesn’t work so the protagonists must move on to a more difficult Plan B. Es, “Contraband” is just another “check-your-brain-at-the-door” action film, but why can’t it still be believable? Much of the suspense and adventure feels created just for the sake of escalation and adds nothing to the plot, the characters, or the intensity.
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