![]() ![]() 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. 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. 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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