Rating of
4/4
Another Wahlberg winner!
Lee - wrote on 08/09/12
Mark Wahlberg is on my top 10 actors of all time list for a reason, no not solely on his acting skills which are a tad just above average in my books it's becuase he #1 picks only from the coolest of scripts #2 has a very cool presence on screen expecially as a tough guy. His performance in 'Contraband' is no exception to all of those reasons. This is the very fist film i have seen from director Baltasar Kormákur so i cannot say much about other film projects he has done prior, however i will say that i look forward to when he directs Wahlberg once again in the upcoming '2 Guns' that is due out in 2013 which co-stars another of my top 10 list actors Denzel Washington. His directing style reminded me slightly of one of my top 10 directors Martin Scorcese (i said slightly) The casting in 'Contraband' was a dream cast of sorts much like when Wahlberg was cast in Scorcese's 'The Departed'. Aside from Wahlberg we have Ben Foster(yet another actor who is just shy of making my top 10) the very underrated Giovanni Ribisi and rounding off the cast is Kate Beckinsale who pulled off the role of Wahlberg's wife amazingly. this will eventually be on my blu-ray shelf as a movie i could probably watch over and over again.
