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Buddy cop action comedy film directed by Baltasar Kormákur and. At one point it's described as "a cloth with oil smears." Well, fair enough. similar movies to Contraband, like 2 Guns. This leads to the theft of a Jackson Pollock painting worth millions, which nobody ever explains to the thieves. Contraband is based on a little-seen 2008 Icelandic suspenser called Reykjavik-Rotterdam written by Arnaldur Indridason and Oskar Jonasson, director by the latter and produced by and starring. Sticking up the armored car involves driving a van into its path and causing a crash, then shooting it out with the cops. Chris doesn't recall where it is, but "if we drive around, I'll see something that reminds me." Panama City has a population of 900,000. Mark Wahlberg attends a photocall for Contraband at Villa Magna Hotel on Februin Madrid, Spain. It's not a matter of just going straight to the warehouse. Browse 207 contraband film title stock photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more stock photos and images. At one point, while Chris and pals have a "very limited" time ashore in Panama before the ship sails, they find enough time to (1) seek the warehouse where the bills are manufactured, and (2) try to stick up an armored car. Did they ever let that guy out? I kept worrying about him trapped in there. One guy steps inside to check it out, and just then the skipper approaches, and they have to screw the panel shut and hurry away. Chris shows his pals where he'll stash the piles of counterfeit bills - in an empty space behind a tool board. Yes, the instantly likable actor who played the father in " Juno." He's likable here, too, if a little tougher let it be said that Chris smuggles rings around him as the ship becomes as active as a FedEx terminal. Let it be said that in this role Ribisi uses the kind of voice that makes you want to smack him, just for talking like that.Ĭhris and a couple of partners sign on as seamen aboard a container ship plying the waves between New Orleans and Panama City.
She may require protection, because a snaky crime lord named Tim Briggs ( Giovanni Ribisi) is the boss of this deal. Chris has entrusted an old pal named Sebastian ( Ben Foster) to protect Kate and the children while he's on the job. That film starred Baltasar Kormakur, who is the director of this one, perhaps as a demonstration that many stars believe they could direct this crap themselves if they ever had the chance.Īn experienced smuggler, Chris has retired from crime to settle down in married bliss alas, his wife, Kate ( Kate Beckinsale), has a brother who has made a mess of a cocaine delivery, and lives are in danger unless the veteran Chris steps in and performs a make-good job. 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."Contraband" is based on an Icelandic thriller named "Reykjavik-Rotterdam," which leads you to suspect that neither New Orleans nor Panama City is particularly essential to the plot. 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.
MOVIE SYNOPSIS: 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 best-running contraband-to settle Andy's debt. To protect his brother-in-law from a drug lord, a former smuggler heads to Panama to score millions of. WRITER(S): Aaron Guzikowski, Arnaldur Indriðason Contraband is a 2012 American crime thriller film. PRODUCER(S): Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Baltasar Kormákur STARRING: Mark Wahlberg, Kate Beckinsale, Ben Foster, Giovanni Ribisi, Lukas Haas