Contraband (2012)  Crime

Directors: Baltasar Kormákur

Writers: Aaron Guzikowski (screenplay), Arnaldur Indriðason

Stars:

 Mark Wahlberg, Giovanni Ribisi and Kate Beckinsale
THE BUZZ: Hollywood's North Atlantic obsession continues with this remake of Baltasar Kormákur's Reykjavik-Rotterdam. Kormákur's native films -- especially 101 Reykjavík and Hafið -- are culturally rich and universally engaging, and I've long thought that one of his works would be imported by a U.S. studio. (As far as his two previous English-language attempts, A Little Trip to Heaven and Inhale, I suggest passing on both.) Something tells me that Mark Wahlberg's story-focused manager/producing partner Stephen Levinson has driven this project from its inception.