Contraband
Universal Pictures | Release Date: January 13, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
51
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 38 Critic Reviews
Positive:
14
Mixed:
20
Negative:
4
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
30
SalonAndrew O'HehirJan 12, 2012
It's exactly the sort of movie that Hollywood specializes in, the kind which seems on paper as if it ought to be entertaining, but winds up a massive and chaotic drag. Read full review
25
Slant MagazineNick SchagerJan 11, 2012
Heist, swindle, and other like-minded genre films thrive or flounder on the mechanics of their story's dangerously elaborate scheme, a fact ably proven by Contraband, a tale of high-seas smuggling without a clever thought in its leaden, derivative head. Read full review
12
New York PostKyle SmithJan 13, 2012
Contraband aims to be dumb fun but gets only the first half right. Read full review
10
Chicago ReaderBen SachsJan 12, 2012
Several graphically violent scenes of women and children in jeopardy make this, ultimately, beneath contempt. Read full review
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