FuzzyTagz If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

Lollivan It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Janae Milner Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

Quiet Muffin This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

Wizard-8 Lucio Fulci is not among my favorite Italian directors, but he did make a few movies that were entertaining and/or interesting to watch. And his penchant for extreme violence and gore is a definite plus in my book, so you may understand why I was pumped to see "Contraband", after reading reports stating it was full of bloody and brutal violence. Well, that report is true - there is some serious violence and bloody splatter to be found here, and those moments are quite entertaining. But I wish I could say that about the rest of the movie. Personally, I was quite bored with most of the movie, especially the first third. It's slow moving, and really dull at times. And I didn't really care about any of the characters at all, so it was really hard to get involved in the story. It doesn't help that the movie is more often than not shoddily photographed, sometimes resembling a black and white movie, but more often having a sickly green pea soup coloring. I know I am in the minority here, and I did want to enjoy the movie much more than I did. But as a whole, the movie just didn't do that much for me.

kapelusznik18 ***SPOILERS**** Extremely brutal and violent crime Mafia movie taking place in Naples Italy involving a gang of illegal cigarettes traffickers with members of the French Mafia who are trying to take over their speed boat smuggling operation. The French Mafia kingpin Il Marsigliese or Marciasia for short played by "French Connection" hit man Marcel Bozzuffi plans to replace the smokes or cigarettes with heroin being shipped in that's being processes in Germany and addict the entire population of the city of Naples. It's the Di Angelo brothers Luca & Mickey who run the cigarette smuggling operation who refuse to provide their services as well as speed boats to Il Marsigliese' goons that have them targeted from elimination by him.Il Marsigliese using fellow cigarette smuggler the pansy like and playboy Perlante to set up Luca Di Angelo, who's brother Sammy was murdered by his goons, as well as his fellow cigarette smugglers, that are gathered at his mansion, for a major hit Il Marsigliese who's hiding in a closet gives himself away with the smell of the very pungent after shave he's wearing. That ends up giving Luca a chance to escape the carnage before the shooting starts. It's when Il Marsigliese' goons kidnap Luca's wife Adele and hold her as a hostage, while brutally beating and raping her, that he gets the help of the local Mafia Dons who are still left alive, after all the carnage, who set up a trap for Il Marsigliese' men with the brave Luca using himself as bait.***SPOILERS*** Far more violent and bloody then all the three "Godfather" movies put together "Contraband" never lets up in the action and some of it is way over the top. Especially when it comes to the women in the film who in once case has her face burned off with a blow torch courtesy of the deranged sadist Il Marsigliese and another Luca's wife Adele getting viciously worked over by him as well as raped by his #1 henchman Nello. That with Luca being forced to listen in on all this while on the other end of the telephone line. Luca with the help of the Naple Mafia Dons does get his revenge by wiping out Il Marsigliese' goons, both French & Italian,in a mob style like ambush. And finally with Luca chasing him down to a waterfront garbage dump and blasting him and leaving Il Marsiqiese there to be taken or hauled away by the Naples sanitation department together with the morning trash.

HumanoidOfFlesh "Contraband" is Lucio Fulci's sleazy and gloriously violent gangster flick that tells the story of how cigarette smuggler and gangster Luca Di Angelo played by Fabio Testi overcomes the threat of violent cocaine smugglers attempting to muscle in on his operation and overturning the existing order.Being a fan of Lucio Fulci's uncompromising gory mayhem I always wanted to see "Contraband",which is his mix of mafia and poliziotteschi genre.It's undoubtedly the goriest gangster film ever made with its scenes of rape,the brain blow-outs,burn victims and shotgun blasts to the throat.The film has some dull spots and lifeless sequences,the cast is mediocre,but if you are a fan of sadistic Italian gore "Contraband" certainly delivers.Still I prefer early 80's horror movies of maestro Fulci.7 out of 10.

Bezenby At least that what I think he says. Contraband is Lucio Fulci trying his hand at the Italian Crime genre, adding his very own touch to the proceedings, and producing what results in a very gory thriller with all his eccentricities intact. Set in Naples, it involves small time crooks Luca and his brother Mickey, who are heavily involved in the smuggling of cigarettes. After a raid on their operations, they both seek to find the grass who's been trying to mess things up for them. But who is it? After much accusation and conspiring, it turns out there's a new boss on the street, wanting to flood Naples with drugs and willing to wipe out the competition at any cost. Contraband is a very slow moving film at first, but in a good way. Luca doesn't even start getting payback until the half hour mark, and there's a definite lack of car chases and gun battles that we've enjoyed before in films like The Big Racket and Violent Professionals. Fulci approaches the story from a different angle, showing us the various levels of the criminal hierarchy in Naples, introducing us to a myriad of characters, and then, basically, killing them all off in a very gory fashion. It's not action packed, but when the violence happens on screen it's extremely gory. This film ain't for the kids!There's gore here to rival The Beyond and Zombie Flesh Eaters. Throats and stomachs are blown out, someone has their face burned off, and a man is very graphically shown having the back of his head blown off. Add to that the very cool scene in the disco (You can see it on YouTube), Fabio Testi's presence, and the overall laid back atmosphere, and you've got a great film right here.There's a good few cameos from Italian Movie land - Romano Puppo, Venantini Venantino and Fulci himself. The Region 0 Blue Underground version is the one to have.