Tag Archive for Mark Wahlberg

Transformers: Age of Extinction

Director Michael Bay Starring Mark Wahlberg, Nicola Peltz, Jack Reynor Rated M Score 2/6 A mechanic and his family join the Autobots as they are targeted by a bounty hunter from another world. Michael Bay would have to be one of the most talented clumsy filmmakers, and no matter how much people may have dumped…

Lone Survivor

Director Peter Berg Starring Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch, Emile Hirsch Rated MA Score 4/6 Marcus Luttrell and his team set out on a mission to capture or kill notorious Taliban leader Ahmad Shah, in late June 2005. Marcus and his team are left to fight for their lives in one of the most valiant efforts…

2 Guns

Director Baltasar Kormákur Starring Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg, Paula Patton Rated MA Score 3.5/6 A DEA agent and a naval intelligence officer find themselves on the run after a botched attempt to infiltrate a drug cartel. While fleeing, they learn the secret of their shaky alliance: Neither knew that the other was an undercover agent.…

Ted

Director Seth MacFarlane Staring Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis and Seth MacFarlane Rated MA Score 5.5/6 As the result of a childhood wish, John Bennett’s teddy bear, Ted, came to life and has been by John’s side ever since – a friendship that’s tested when Lori, John’s girlfriend of four years, wants more from their relationship.…

The Fighter

Directed by David O Russell Staring Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale & Amy Adams Rating MA Score 6/6 A look at the early years of boxer “Irish” Micky Ward and his brother who helped train him before going pro in the mid ’80s. Families are a wonderful invention they will either be the best possible thing…

Max Payne

Directed by John Moore Staring Mark Wahlberg, Beau Bridges, Mila Kunis Rating MA Score 6/6 Coming together to solve a series of murders in New York City are a DEA agent whose family was slain as part of a conspiracy and an assassin out to avenge her sister’s death. The duo will be hunted by…

Invincible

Directed by Ericson Core Staring Mark Wahlberg, Greg Kinnear & Elizabeth Banks Rating PG Score 5/6 When 30-year old part time bartender and full time fan of the NFL team the Philadelphia Eagles Vince Papale tried out for the team in the mid 70’s in an open try out, to see his wildest dreams come…

Contraband

Directed by Baltasar Kormákur Staring Mark Wahlberg, Giovanni Ribisi and Kate Beckinsale Rated MA Score 6/6 To protect his brother-in-law from a drug lord, a former smuggler heads to Panama to score millions of dollars in counterfeit bills. Contraband is a remake of an Icelandic film Reykjavík Rotterdam directed by Óskar Jónasson. My first thoughts…