Contraband 2.0 stars

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The camera looks for extremes in this action caper about transport ship smugglers. We are jilted between oppressive closeups and panoramic helicopter shots. Mark Wahlberg plays the reformed smuggler who is compelled back into crime to protect his family. Giovanni Ribisi, as the villain, rehashes his addled weasel performance from The Rum Diary. The “gone straight, drawn crooked” storyline has become a cliché. There is a tense heist sequence in Panama that manages to keep the thrills consistent and well paced, but overall the film lacks ingenuity. 2012.

— John Rubio

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