Contraband Page #2

Synopsis: Chris Faraday once smuggled illegal items or contraband into the country on freighters. He left that life behind, got married, has a family and went legit. But when his brother-in-law got involved with Briggs, a drug dealer and when he blew a deal, Briggs demands restitution which he can't deliver. So Chris offers to find a way to pay Briggs but then he threatens Chris' family if he doesn't deliver. So he gets on a freighter destined for Panama and he sets out to bring back some counterfeit currency. Briggs "goes to see" Chris' family. When Chris learns of this he asks his friend Sebastian to take care of them which he does. He tells Chris that it would be better to bring drugs instead of the cash.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Director(s): Baltasar Kormákur
Production: Universal Pictures
  1 win.
 
IMDB:
6.5
Metacritic:
51
Rotten Tomatoes:
51%
R
Year:
2012
109 min
$66,489,425
Website
603 Views


there in the corner.

(FUNKY MUSIC PLAYING)

Oh, sh*t! (LAUGHS)

Chris Farraday, back from

the dead, man! Yeah!

Good to see you, man.

Oh, sh*t. This man was

a world-class smuggler here.

You were f***ing

Houdini, man.

Yeah, he used to

run with my brother,

God rest his miserable soul.

Too bad your skill

didn't rub off

on your shithead

brother-in-law.

No, I know,

he's a f***-up.

Mmm.

But he's my wife's

little brother.

I was hoping you

understand it's family,

maybe we could

work something out.

Well, I don't know.

What do you want to work out?

You want to work out

something with me?

I can figure out

a way to pay you back

the buy money.

No, that's worth

Oh, come on, man.

No, come on, man.

You're going to try to

charge me full freight

for a bad run?

Customs boards the boat,

you dump that sh*t.

You know how it goes.

You know how many passes

I gave your brother

in his day?

Yeah, I hated my brother.

What do you want to do,

a payment plan?

What, do I look like

a bank to you?

No, I was just hoping

you could be

f***ing reasonable, here.

Hey! This ain't your

world anymore, man!

You're a tourist,

you can't trade on

status you don't have.

I got bills to pay.

You know, when people

f*** that up, that's

their f***ing problem.

You think that's funny?

You got bills?

I like your outfit.

I liked your brother.

MAN:
We're here today,

that's the important thing.

So, you know, learning to

let go and let God

is what's been pulling me

through all of this.

You're going to have to

talk me down before

I f***ing kill Briggs.

Probably be better off.

I'm one drink away

from the worst day

of my life.

What should I do?

MAN:
Sitting in

this circle that's had

that same thought, right?

That's all you gotta do,

is work the steps.

CHRIS:
I'm not

doing another run.

No f***ing way.

I could probably get us

the buy money, no problem.

No, I finally got

something going.

I'm not going to

chance f***ing it up.

It's not going away, Chris.

MAN:
Does somebody

want to share?

Sebastian? Want to share

a little bit with us?

Okay.

Oh, yeah.

Go do your thing.

You don't want

to stick around?

No, I get

far too emotional

hearing that story.

Hey, everyone, I'm Sebastian.

ALL:
How are

you doing, Sebastian?

What the hell happened?

Walter died last night.

Briggs came to the hospital.

He said it was all on me.

I keep

getting calls, Chris,

and they're talking about

how they're going to

f***ing torture me.

I'm shipping out in

the next couple of days.

I'm not coming back.

Do me a favor,

and don't tell Kate.

Not until I'm gone.

When I stopped

doing runs,

you promised me

you were gonna

stay out of this sh*t.

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Aaron Guzikowski

Aaron Guzikowski is an American screenwriter. He is best known for writing the 2013 film Prisoners and creating the 2014 television series The Red Road. more…

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Submitted on August 05, 2018

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