CONTRABAND

Year: 2012
USA & UK: Universal Pictures
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Kate Beckinsale, Ben Foster, Giovanni Ribisi, Lukas Haas, Caleb Landry Jones, Diego Luna, J K Simmons
Director: Baltasar Kormakur
Country: USA
USA & UK: 110 mins
USA Rated: R for violence, pervasive language and brief drug use
UK Certificate: 15 contains strong language, once very strong, strong violence & hard drug use
USA Release Date: 13 January 2012
UK Release Date: 16 March 2012


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Synopsis

Mark Wahlberg leads the cast of Contraband, a white-knuckle action-thriller about a man trying to stay out of a world he worked hard to leave behind and the family he'll do anything to protect. Set in New Orleans, the film explores the cutthroat underground world of international smugglingâ€"full of desperate criminals and corrupt officials, high-stakes and big payoffsâ€"where loyalty rarely exists and death is one wrong turn away.

Chris Farraday (Wahlberg) long ago abandoned his life of crime, but after his brother-in-law, Andy (Caleb Landry Jones), botches a drug deal for his ruthless boss, Tim Briggs (Giovanni Ribisi), Chris is forced back into doing what he does bestâ€"running contrabandâ€"to settle Andy's debt. Chris is a legendary smuggler and quickly assembles a crew with the help of his best friend, Sebastian (Ben Foster), to head to Panama and return with millions in counterfeit bills.

Things quickly fall apart and with only hours to reach the cash, Chris must use his rusty skills to successfully navigate a treacherous criminal network of brutal drug lords, cops and hit men before his wife, Kate (Kate Beckinsale), and sons become their target.