Movie Reviews5.1/10
Mark Wahlberg Smuggles a Familiar Heist Plot Through New Orleans in Contraband
A family man dragged back into smuggling to save his wife and children from a drug lord's wrath.
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Movie Reviews1.6/10
Max Payne Review: Revenge Story Buried Under a Mess of Corporate Conspiracy
A grim tale of vengeance, buried beneath a confused tale of corporate intrigue, wherein grief and conspiracy become one hollow imitation.
Movie Reviews4.9/10
Four Brothers Review: Four Actors, One Empty Revenge Thriller
Four adopted brothers seek vengeance for their mother's death, but this loud revenge thriller forgets grief for explosions.
Movie Reviews3.8/10
Eight Years On, Mile 22’s 22-Mile Chase Still Can’t Deliver the Thrills
A lone operative's perilous quest across 22 miles, a tale of dread and valor marred by noise where danger should reign.
Movie Reviews4.9/10
Six Years On, Spenser Confidential Still Runs Too Long Behind Its Own Good Ideas
A man returns from prison, studies to drive trucks in Arizona, and chases a yellow Corvette across Boston streets.
Movie Reviews3/10
Daddy’s Home 2 Stacks the Family With a Father-in-Law and a Stepdad — and Still Misses the Mark
A sequel that doubles down on its own excess: more daddies, more trouble, less laughter.
Movie Reviews8.6/10
Boogie Nights Review: Dirk Diggler Rises, Falls, and Never Stops Chasing the Night
A chronicle of a dreamer's rise and fall in the golden age of porn, told with honest excess and spectacle.
Movie Reviews5.4/10
M. Night Shyamalan Wrote a Killer Premise, Then Spent the Whole Movie Explaining It
A review of M. Night Shyamalan's The Happening (2008), the plant-toxin thriller that made $163 million and still failed to explain itself.
Movie Reviews5.8/10
Tim Burton’s Planet of the Apes Reboot Has the Pieces but Never Assembles Them
Tim Burton's 2001 Planet of the Apes remake: Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth and ape makeup shine, but the film never decides what it is about. 5.8/10.
Movie Reviews5.5/10
2 Guns” Review: Washington and Wahlberg Deserve a Better Script”
Review: 2 Guns pairs Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg as undercover cops robbing the same bank, but the 2013 buddy action film wastes a sharp premise.
Movie Reviews6.4/10
Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg’s buddy-cop comedy has a sharper idea than its gag rate can carry
The Other Guys review: Ferrell and Wahlberg play NY's least heroic cops in McKay's 2010 buddy comedy, the only Ferrell-McKay film Ferrell didn't write.
Movie Reviews7.9/10
The Fighter” Review: A Very Good Film About One Family, Carried by Two Actors”
David O. Russell's The Fighter turned Micky Ward's Lowell story into Oscar gold for Christian Bale and Melissa Leo. A review of the 2010 sports drama.