A low budget British thriller that is
pretty tense and gripping, With some good performances from the
cast especially Jack O» Connell, The story has been done before but the whole mystery to it kept it fresh, We all knew how it would end and when we found out who the
killer was it wasn't a great surprise, A few gruesome scenes keep it entertaining, It's as good as it ever was going to be.
When: January 13th Why: It's
pretty funny that a movie about counterfeiting should turn out to be an imitation itself (the Icelandic film on which its based featured the U.S. version's director, Baltasar Kormákur, in the lead role), but despite the fact that its clichéd plot seems to have been ripped off from a number of generic action thrillers just like it, «Contraband» has one thing that a lot of those films didn't — a
killer ensemble
cast.