Contraband (2012)

Contraband (2012)
Ex-smuggler Chris Farraday (Mark Wahlberg) gave up his criminal ways long ago. But, he's forced back into the game after his brother-in-law, Andy (Caleb Landry Jones), botches a drug deal for a crime lord (Giovanni Ribisi), leaving Chris to settle the debt. With the help of his best friend (Ben Foster), Chris assembles a team to run to Panama to retrieve a fortune in counterfeit bills. When things go awry, Chris must call on his rusty skills to complete the task before his family pays the price.
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Release Date: January 13th, 2012

DVD Release Date: April 24th, 2012

R |1 hr 50 min

Plot Summary

Ex-smuggler Chris Farraday (Mark Wahlberg) gave up his criminal ways long ago. But, he's forced back into the game after his brother-in-law, Andy (Caleb Landry Jones), botches a drug deal for a crime lord (Giovanni Ribisi), leaving Chris to settle the debt. With the help of his best friend (Ben Foster), Chris assembles a team to run to Panama to retrieve a fortune in counterfeit bills. When things go awry, Chris must call on his rusty skills to complete the task before his family pays the price.

Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Kate Beckinsale, Ben Foster, Giovanni Ribisi, Caleb Landry Jones, Diego Luna, J.K. Simmons, David O'Hara

Director: Baltasar Kormákur

Genres: Action , Thriller

Production Co: Leverage, Working Title Films, Blueeyes, Closest to the Hole

Distributors: Universal Pictures

Keywords: Hospital , 2010s , Best friend , Quest , Wife , Gritty , Rescue ,

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Ratings & Reviews

70
Joe MorgensternWall Street Journal
It's a genre film, not great art, though there's a good joke about art - a pricey piece of action painting, appropriately enough - but it's a thoroughly satisfying entertainment, and, in this season of lowered expectations, a nice surprise. show more
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Steven ReaPhiladelphia Inquirer
A big comedown from "The Fighter," Contraband finds Wahlberg in default mode: With his Popeye biceps and broody stares, the actor can do a character like Chris without even thinking about it - and that's what he does here. show more
60
Todd McCarthyThe Hollywood Reporter
The lead role of a working class former smuggler who dirties his hands again to save his family fits Mark Wahlberg like a glove. show more