A thriller cum heist movie with some of the ingenuity of Oceans Eleven but minus the flair, 'Contraband' combines a respectably engaging plot with otherwise generally bland characters. This is, apart from J.K Simmons who expertly combined a brand of gruffness, humour and cynicism in a very Simminsesque role, not too unlike his J. Jonah Jameson persona from the 'Spider Man' films. The real drawback of the film was the failure to delve deeper within Ben Foster's already complex and disturbed character, Sebastian, who could have potentially driven the film. It wasn't a compelling, new spin on a drug heist but neither did it fail miserably.
Review of Contraband
