Contraband
Contraband is a 2012 action thriller film directed by Baltasar Kormákur, and starring Mark Wahlberg, Kate Beckinsale, Ben Foster, Caleb Landry Jones, Giovanni Ribisi, Lukas Haas, Diego Luna and J. K. Simmons. The film is a remake of the 2008 Icelandic film Reykjavík-Rotterdam distributed by Universal Pictures.
Plot
Former smuggler Chris Farraday lives a peaceful life with his wife, Kate, and their two sons in New Orleans. They learn that Kate's brother Andy was smuggling drugs, but disposed of them in the Mississippi River during a surprise inspection by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
More details
| author | Aaron Guzikowski Óskar Jónasson |
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| director | Baltasar Kormákur |
| editor | Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir |
| genre | action crime thriller |
| keywords | armored car arrest black market capture cargo ship crime lord customs agent dump fence former partner jackson pollock kill mississippi river new life paint security system smuggle smuggler think u.s. customs and border protection |
| musicBy | Clinton Shorter |
| producer | Baltasar Kormákur Eric Fellner Mark Wahlberg Stephen Levinson Tim Bevan |
| productionCompany | Blueeyes Productions Closest to the Hole Productions Leverage Entertainment Relativity Media Working Title Films |
| publisher | Universal Pictures |
| recordedAt | New Orleans Panama |