Contraband (2012)

Mark Wahlberg is back to his roots with this movie. This more reminiscent of The Italian Job than just about anything else, except with a lot more profanity. Really noticeable with this movie is the lack of music, by which I mean incidental music, as there are actually bands playing in some early scenes and there is a song at the end which really sticks out because there hasn't been much music up to this point. It helps make this a more gritty film than I think Hollywood expects from Wahlberg, but something which his fans will like.
Kate Beckinsale is not her usual self in this film. I am used to seeing her all dark haired and dressed in tight leather, usually as a vampire or a vampire hunter or a vampire who is a vampire hunter. I know that she is British, but I've heard her do American accents before, but this was pretty good, had I not known better, I would have guessed that she and Wahlberg really were from the same place.
Ben Foster is the third main in the film. He plays a pretty good bad guy (pun intended). He has that creepy thing going on where you want to wash your hands after time he touches someone. As the movie progresses, the creepiness progresses, which is good and bad - good for character development, bad for predictability.
The only bad thing about this movie is that it is pretty obvious from very early on what the gimmick is. It doesn't really ruin the movie, as most of the time the mains aren't trying to figure out who is behind the scenes, but towards the end when Wahlberg's character is trying to figure things out you kind of feel for the guy because you've known since the start of the movie, and it's been revealed to other characters about 15 minutes earlier. If you like a good Wahlberg action flick, this won't detract from it for you.

Contraband at IMDb