Contraband is an American action thriller film directed by Baltasar Kormákur, starring Mark Wahlberg and Kate Beckinsale. The film is a remake of the 2008 Icelandic film Reykjavík-Rotterdam which Baltasar Kormákur starred in. It was released on January 13, 2012 in the United States by Universal Pictures. Chris Farraday is an ex-smuggler who works installing security alarms and lives a peaceful life with his wife, Kate , and their two little sons in New Orleans. One day, Chris and Kate learn that her brother Andy 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 the U.S. Customs. Andy's boss, ruthless mobster Tim Briggs , 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.
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| Release date: | January 13, 2012 |
| Directed by: | Baltasar Kormákur |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 110 Minutes |
| Producer: | Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Mark Wahlberg, Baltasar Kormákur, Stephen Levinson |
| Editor: | Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir |
| Music by: | Clinton Shorter |
| Cinematography: | Barry Ackroyd |
| Screenplay by: | Aaron Guzikowski, Óskar Jónasson, Arnaldur Indriðason |
| Estimated budget: | $50,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | Reykjavík-Rotterdam |
| Genre: | Thriller, Action |