To protect his brother-in-law from a drug lord, a former smuggler heads to Panama to score millions of dollars in counterfeit bills.
Contraband is the cinematic equivalent of watching someone lay expensive tile. You appreciate the effort, the end result looks pretty good, but the process of getting there is as dull as any tedious, slow step-by-step exercise. A Western remake of the well-received Icelandic thriller Reykjavík-Rotterdam, we get the standard former criminal struggling to go straight, the foolish family member whose mistake draws him back into ‘the game,’ and the last act ‘twist’ that turns a supposedly friendly face into a fiend. All the while, director Baltasar Kormákur’s desaturated imagery leeches any life out of the narrative, turning what should be a tense two-hour ride into 109 minute slog.
Ieteikt draugiem!
[19/01/2012 - 00:04] Autors - admin:
Labinieks!