Thursday, January 19, 2012

Contraband ( 2012 )

Contraband
Contraband is film directed by directed by Baltasar Kormakur, starring Mark Wahlberg and Kate Beckinsale. The film is a remake of the Icelandic 2009 film Reykjavík-Rotterdam.

Chris Farraday (Mark Wahlberg) Not long ago abandoned his life of crime is an ex-smuggler who works installing security alarms and lives a peaceful life with his wife, Kate (Kate Beckinsale), and their children in New Orleans. One day, Chris and Kate learn that her brother Andy (Caleb Landry Jones) was smuggling drugs in a cargo ship, but was forced to drop them into the ocean in order to avoid arrest during a surprise inspection by U.S. Customs. However, Andy's boss, ruthless mobster Tim Briggs (Giovanni Ribisi), is infuriated and wants Andy to repay him the drug's worth in money.

Chris meets with Briggs, who threatens to kill Chris' family if Andy doesn't pay $700,000 in two weeks. Chris realizes that the only way to raise the money is to run contraband and joins the crew of a cargo ship where his father John (William Lucking), currently in prison, used to run contraband, in order to smuggle $10,000,000 in fake bills from Panama with the help of Andy and Chris' old friend Danny Raymer (Lukas Haas).

Mark Wahlberg leads the cast of Contraband, an 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.

Director: Baltasar Kormakur
Writers: Aaron Guzikowski (screenplay), Arnaldur Indriðason
Release date(s) January 13, 2012
Music by Clinton Shorter
Filming Locations: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

CAST:
Mark Wahlberg as Chris Farraday,
Kate Beckinsale as Kate Farraday,
Caleb Landry Jones as Andy,
Ben Foster as Sebastian Abney,
Giovanni Ribisi as Tim Briggs,
Lukas Haas as Danny Raymer,
J, K,  Simmons as Captain Camp,
Diego Luna as Gonzálo,
Robert Wahlberg as John Bryce,
Jaqueline Fleming as Jeanie,
William Lucking as Bud Farraday,
Amber Gaiennie as Danny's Bride,
Paul LeBlanc as CBP Official,
Kent Jude Bernard as Tommy Raymer,
Jackson Beals as Desmond,
Connor Hill as Michael,
David O'Hara as Jim Church


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