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When a mentally ill young man thinks he witnesses an abduction and the police refuse to believe him, he reluctantly turns to his next door neighbor – a bitter, retired security guard – to help him find the missing woman.


“What would you hide to protect your family?”
When his brother-in-law runs afoul of a drug lord, family man Chris Farraday turns to a skill he abandoned long ago—smuggling—to repay the debt. But the job goes wrong, and Farraday finds himself wanted by cops, crooks and killers alike.

Mark Wahlberg
Chris Farraday

Kate Beckinsale
Kate Farraday

Ben Foster
Sebastian Abney

Giovanni Ribisi
Tim Briggs

Lukas Haas
Danny Raymer

Caleb Landry Jones
Andy

Diego Luna
Gonzalo

J.K. Simmons
Captain Camp

David O'Hara
Jim Church

William Lucking
Bud Farraday
Contraband is a thriller, action, drama, crime film released in 2012 exploring themes of smuggling (contraband), head wound, criminal, security guard. Directed by Baltasar Kormákur, it stars Mark Wahlberg, Kate Beckinsale, Ben Foster. When his brother-in-law runs afoul of a drug lord, family man Chris Farraday turns to a skill he abandoned long ago—smuggling—to repay the debt. But the job goes wrong, and Farraday finds himself wanted by cops, crooks and killers alike.
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