Contraband [Blu-ray]

Director: Baltasar Kormákur Baltasar Kormákur

Overview

A former smuggler from New Orleans faces ruthless drug lords, vicious criminals, corrupt officials, and trigger-happy hit men after getting back into the business to help his brother-in-law settle a deadly debt. When it came to transporting illicit goods under treacherous circumstances, Chris Farraday (Mark Wahlberg) used to be the best in the business. But all of that changed when he chose to give up his life of crime to start a family with Kate (Kate Beckinsale). Chris learns that leaving his past behind is easier said than done, however, after Kate's brother Andy (Caleb Landry Jones) goes to work for ferocious drug lord Tim Briggs (Giovanni Ribisi), and drops the ball on a major deal. Now, in order to set things right, Chris must smuggle millions of dollars in counterfeit bills from Panama into the United States. And if anything goes wrong, Tim will target his entire family for death. With his best friend Sebastian (Ben Foster) by his side and a crackerjack crew along for the ride, Chris heads to Panama for one last job. Later, with time running out and a treacherous maze of desperate criminals to navigate, the job gets complicated, and Chris must race to reach his family before Tim gets to them first. Lukas Haas, Diego Luna, and J.K. Simmons co-star.

Product Details

Release Date:	01/15/2019
UPC:	0191329089927
Original Release:	2012
Rating:	R
Source:	Universal Studios
Sound:	[Dolby Digital, Digital Theater Systems, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:50:00
Sales rank:	28,451

Special Features

U-Control: Picture-in-Picture ; Deleted Scenes; Under the Radar: Th Making of Contraband; Reality Factor: The Stunts and Action of Contraband; Feature Commentary with Director/Producer Baltasar Kormákur and Producer Evan Hayes

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Kate Beckinsale	Kate
Mark Wahlberg	Chris Farraday,Actor
Ben Foster	Sebastian
Giovanni Ribisi	Tim Briggs
Lukas Haas	Actor
Caleb Landry Jones	Andy
Diego Luna	Actor
J.K. Simmons	Actor
Jason Mitchell	Actor
Paul LeBlanc	Actor
Amber Gaiennie	Actor
Kent Jude Bernard	Actor
David O'Hara	Actor
Anthony Coleman	Actor
Jackson Beals	Actor
Jaqueline Fleming	Jeanie
Connor Hill	Actor
Bryce McDaniel	Actor
John Wilmot	Actor
Dane Rhodes	Actor
Juliette Marie Enright	Actor
William Lucking	Actor
Ritchie Montgomery	Actor
Victor Hernandez	Actor
Shannon Maris	Actor
J. Omar Castro	Actor
Michael L. Nesbitt	Actor
Jack Landry	Actor
Kevin "Lucky" Johnson	Actor
Carlos Compean	Actor
Kirk Bovill	Actor
Rose Bianco	Actor
Brian Nguyen	Actor
Roland Ruiz	Actor
Ian Casselberry	Actor
Victor Lopez	Actor
Michael J. Taylor	Actor
John Russ Broussard	Actor
Mike Broussard Jr.	Actor
Arthur Thomas	Actor,Actor,Construction Worker
Andrew Autin	Actor
Beau St. Pierre	Actor
Ashton McGee	Actor
Telissa Long	Actor
Norman E. Landeche IV	Actor
Alan Maxwell	Actor
Laura Bergeron-Iglesias	Actor
Eddie Fiola	Actor
Max Daniels	Actor
Joshua Teixidor	Actor
Randy Austin	Actor
Lance E. Nichols	Actor
Michael Beasley	Actor
Turner Crumbley	Actor
Eric Weinstein	Actor
Cecil M. Brown	Actor
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson	Olaf
Victor Hernández	Edwin
Anthony Frederick	CBP Officer
Clinton Shorter	Composer
Shannon Hand	Interviewer

Technical Credits

Aaron Guzikowski

Óskar Jónasson

Baltasar Kormákur	Director,Producer
Aaron Guzikowski	Screenwriter
Tim Bevan	Producer
Eric Fellner	Producer
Stephen Levinson	Producer
Mark Wahlberg	Producer
Liza Chasin	Executive Producer,Producer
Debra Hayward	Executive Producer
Bill Johnson	Executive Producer
Danny Sheehan	Sound/Sound Designer
Sheila Jaffe	Casting
Darrin Prescott	Stunts,Second Unit Director
Amy Sanderson	Script Supervisor
Leo Corey Castellano	Makeup Special Effects
Óskar Jónasson	Screenwriter
Wade Barnett	Sound Effects
Luke Brown	Sound Effects
Evan Hayes	Executive Producer
Michael H. Clark	Special Effects
Max Daniels	Stunts
Birna Paulina Einarsdottir	Stunts
Nito Larioza	Stunts
Mike Mayhall	Stunts
Eddie Perez	Stunts
Rudolf Weber	Stunts
Joe Nin Williams	Stunts
Ned Yousef	Stunts

Editorial Reviews

Prolific Icelandic actor/director Baltasar Kormákur injects some fresh energy into a well-worn genre trope in Contraband, a big-scale Hollywood remake of the popular 2008 thriller Reykjavik-Rotterdam -- which Kormákur originally produced and starred in. Though its clichéd conceit of a former criminal battling betrayal and impossible odds while resorting to his old ways for "one last job" may perhaps be the most overused device in the history of crime thrillers, assured direction, a game ensemble cast, and a lean script punctuated by some clever twists elevate Contraband just enough to make it a brisk, pulpy diversion in a moviegoing season generally dismissed as the multiplex dumping grounds. When it came to transporting illicit goods under treacherous circumstances, Chris Farraday (Mark Wahlberg) used to be the best in the business. But all of that changed when he chose to give up his life of crime to start a family with his wife Kate (Kate Beckinsale). Chris learns that leaving his past behind is easier said than done, however, after Kate's brother Andy (Caleb Landry Jones) goes to work for ferocious drug lord Tim Briggs (Giovanni Ribisi) and drops the ball on a major deal. Now, in order to set things right, Chris must smuggle millions of dollars in counterfeit bills from Panama into the United States. And if anything goes wrong, Tim will target his entire family for death. With the help of his best friend Sebastian (Ben Foster) and a crackerjack crew, Chris heads to Panama for one last job. Later, with time running out and a treacherous maze of desperate criminals to navigate, the job gets more complicated, and Chris must race to reach his family before Tim gets to them first. No one is likely to mistake Contraband for a masterpiece of crime cinema, but taken as a lean and efficient crowd-pleaser, it's difficult to deny that Kormákur's remake delivers on virtually all fronts. By transplanting the setting from the inner city to a creaking cargo ship, the film effectively sidesteps the urban trappings that have become so inherent to this type of story. Working from an original screenplay by Arnaldur Indrioason and Óskar Jónasson, writer Aaron Guzikowski maintains a high level of tension by frequently cutting back to New Orleans to highlight the growing threat to Kate and her two children as Chris races to prevent the situation from spinning out of control. Meanwhile, surprising twists in both New Orleans and Panama ensure we remain riveted to the action, and there are also some unexpected moments of levity that help to smooth over some of the screenplay's rougher edges. As a desperate family man stuck in dire straits, Wahlberg makes Chris Farraday a likable character, and Guzikowski doesn't cut any corners in showing us just why he earned such a legendary reputation as a smuggler. Meanwhile, Ribisi once again proves that the word "subtlety" simply isn't in his vocabulary as he portrays the kind of criminal scum whose concept of "playing" includes tormenting a defenseless mother and her two frightened children, and Foster showcases why he's earned his reputation as a go-to supporting player. Likewise, screen vets J.K. Simmons and Lukas Haas help to provide much of the comic relief as the hard-nosed captain and nervous criminal accomplice, respectively. With virtually all of the elements falling into place so effectively, perhaps the only true misstep in Contraband is Kormákur's decision to go hyperstylized during a crucial action sequence in Panama. Though it's difficult to deny a director the occasional indulgence -- especially when it's so brief and inconsequential to the main story -- the scene just draws too much attention to itself and feels a bit out of place as a result. Save for that one forgivable nitpick, however, Contraband is the ideal antidote to the stodgy, awards-season seriousness that dominates January movie screens.