At one point it's described as "a cloth with oil smears." Well, fair enough. AKA 'Blackout'.Early in World War II, Danish sea captain Andersen, delayed in a British port, tangles with German spies. This leads to the theft of a Jackson Pollock painting worth millions, which nobody ever explains to the thieves. Mark Wahlberg stars as a retired smuggler who is forced back into the game to pay off his brother-in-law's debt and protect his family. Sticking up the armored car involves driving a van into its path and causing a crash, then shooting it out with the cops. Contraband takes you to the cutthroat underground world of international smuggling, and on a thrilling adventure. When a ruthless drug kingpin (Giovanni Ribisi) threatens his family, Farraday must summon his old skills and contacts for one last run. 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 stars as legendary smuggler Chris Farraday, who has left his criminal past behind to be with his wife (Kate Beckinsale) and sons. It's not a matter of just going straight to the warehouse. 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. Doch seine kriminelle Karriere hat er schon vor. 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. Verbrechen kennt kein Vergessen: Chris Farraday (Mark Wahlberg) ist in Schmugglerkreisen eine Legende. 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. "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.
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