It's more entertaining than your average January action thriller, but that isn't enough to excuse Contraband's lack of originality and unnecessarily convoluted plot.
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Movie Info
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Director -
Baltasar Kormákur -
Producer -
Tim Bevan , Eric Fellner , Baltasar Kormákur , Stephen Levinson , Mark Wahlberg -
Screenwriter -
Aaron Guzikowski -
Distributor -
Universal Pictures -
Production Co -
Leverage , Working Title Films , Blueeyes , Closest to the Hole -
Rating -
R (Pervasive Language|Brief Drug Use|Violence) -
Genre -
Action , Mystery & Thriller -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Jan 13, 2012, Wide -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Dec 1, 2015 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$66.5M -
Runtime -
1h 50m -
Sound Mix -
SDDS , Dolby SRD , DTS