A DEA agent and an undercover Naval Intelligence officer who have been tasked with investigating one another find they have been set up by the mob -- the very organization the two men believe they have been stealing money from.
Beyond ridiculous but always entertaining. Washington and Wahlberg are terrific.
– Richard Roeper,
Richard Roeper.com,
4 Aug 2013
rotten:
In this star vehicle for Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg, the headlights are on full beam but the engine is struggling in second gear.
– Trevor Johnston,
Time Out,
13 Aug 2013
fresh:
Mark Wahlberg reunites with Contraband director Baltasar Kormakur for an action movie that's even more cynical and sadistic than its predecessor.
– Ben Sachs,
Chicago Reader,
1 Jan 2014
fresh:
That a movie this fleet and lean succumbs to action-blockbuster bloat in the home stretch is both disappointing and predictable, although the director deserves credit for keeping the climactic shootouts slick and spatially coherent.
– Adam Nayman,
Globe and Mail,
1 Jan 2014
fresh:
Washington and Wahlberg have a good time robbing banks and blowing up buildings and barreling through military security checkpoints and double-crossing people and shooting each other because none of it really means anything.