Critics Consensus: Contraband (Sort Of) Delivers

Summary

This week at the movies, we've got a reluctant smuggler (Contraband, starring Mark Mark Wahlberg and Kate Beckinsale), a musical showdown (Joyful Noise, starring Queen Latifah and Dolly Parton), and a Disney classic (Beauty and the Beast In 3D, with voice work from Paige O'Hara and Robby Benson). What do the critics have to say about this week's cinematic offerings? Mark Wahlberg made a big score in The Italian Job; now he's trying to pull off another caper with Contraband, and while the critics find it to be a competent heist thriller, they also say its plot is both convoluted and recycled. Back to Article

Comments

Noah James

Noah Kinsey

Not to sound snarky, but I wouldn't be surprised if the headline for this weekend's Box Office Wrapup is: Latifah and Dolly's film makes a Mournful Whisper its opening weekend.

Jan 13 - 12:12 PM

Janson Jinnistan

Janson Jinnistan

Marky Mark's too good to just do "Sniper 2" already? What fresh hell has this turkey-cake "Noise" drowning out Belafonte's beautiful "Song"? That last one has been available on HBO, and is far more worthy of anyone's time to watch. How bad can the "Joyous Goys" be? Well, Armond White LOVED it. He said something about how it celebrates Pop Music as "the bulwark of social harmony and individual stability." So...he's still on stronger drugs than me. I am glad that finally a scarier demonic possesion film is opening to drown out "Devil Inside" though. I'll have to see "Lula", how bad can that be? Americans always hate on uppity natives when they give the boot to the IMF, and actually turn their economy around in defiance to global finance. Plus, he's not even crazy like Hugo to dismiss easily. Well, actually it's not a documentary, so it probably is pretty shallow, as these 'legacy' bio-flicks tend to be. Just can't beat Belafonte this week!

Jan 13 - 12:15 PM

Kadeem S.

Kadeem Stewart

I haven't seen Beauty and the Beast back in the day, but I saw it in 3-D and it was amazing. If you haven't got it on DVD, Blu-Ray, or 3-D Blu-Ray, GO GET IT!

I don't know if I'm gonna see "Contraband" next week because I probably gonna see "Underworld: Awakening" and finally I get a chance to see a new teaser trailer for the upcoming 5th Resident Evil movie This Fall.

Jan 13 - 11:23 PM

The Paki Don

Shahbaz Sarwar

Oh my GOD, did all the Major 6 Film studios buy you to post shit like that??

Jan 14 - 06:57 AM

Kadeem S.

Kadeem Stewart

Duh, you got a problem, meathead?

Jan 15 - 10:51 PM

SarfarazAbbasi

Sarfaraz Abbasi

Hmmm...

Jan 15 - 02:12 AM

Mahmood Salih

Mahmood Salih

is it out?

Jan 17 - 04:03 AM

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