I've got to try and fix this. Trust me, I know what I'm doing.

Date: Sunday 27th January
Film: Contraband (2012)
Director: Baltasar Kormakur
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Giovanni Ribisi, Kate Beckinsale and Ben Foster
Running time: 01 hour, 49 minutes
Rating: 6/10

Sunday Night Film Club is, again, attempting to make a revival. A certain blue cross sale has bolstered our DVD collections and the SNFC 'to watch' list is getting a little out of control, something we attempted to remedy this week by watching Contraband and Wild Bill.

Unfortunately, this didn't pan out. Mainly because forcing our attention onto Contraband was exhausting.

With a cast of actors I adore (and Kate Beckinsale) and a relatively simple plot - a retired smuggler takes on one last job to settle a debt for his brother in law - we were expecting a bit of old fashioned action fun. We didn't get this.

Contraband tries, really tries, but it left me cold. The action scenes just didn't seem to have enough action, the emotional scenes seemed a little forced, and there is only so much excitement you can get from a shipping ferry.

The biggest downside for me had to be Giovanni Ribisi. Someone who I normally adore, I rarely find fault with his performances, but in Contraband he appeared to choose an unusual accent, one that could only be described as Boston-weird, and ran with it. To the point where it became a major distraction in every scene he was in, and belittled his role as the bad guy.

I can't even say Contraband was an easy to watch action film. It just left me feeling a little cold.

After that it was hard to muster up the energy to watch Wild Bill. SNFC finished a little earlier than usual this week.

Challenge day: 124
Challenge time: 07 days, 17 hours, 25 minutes
Challenge film total: 94