Contrebande

« Lorsque les invraisemblances sont tellement nombreuses qu'elles empêchent de bien suivre l'histoire, il y a quelque chose qui cloche. »

« Contraband isn't fat, exactly – no special-effects explosions, no expensive car chase – but it's unremarkable. It's very good at it, however. »

« With Wahlberg in dull leading man mode and even the usually reliable Foster failing to cut loose, Contraband is not nearly as fun as it could have been, but not dramatic or realistic enough to get by as an honest thriller either. »

« Still, CONTRABAND is a relatively slick thriller. Kormakur, who's directed many films in Iceland, does a great job making this into more of an old-school action thriller than we typically get nowadays. »

« Just the idea of Mark Wahlberg playing a smuggler unable to go straight sounds like a dream popcorn movie. But Contraband, based on Baltasar Kormákur's Nordic hit Reykjavik-Rotterdam, goes down in a sea of Hollywood clichés as Wahlberg ignores his good wife (Kate Beckinsale) and runs counterfeit bills out of Panama. Wahlberg could sleepwalk through this role, and does. See this movie and you'll surely follow his lead. »

« The absurdity of the story in the largely thrill-free thriller Contraband, its hairpin twists and outrageous coincidences, may keep even hungry action fans away. »