Contraband Page #4

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
609 Views


to kill the engine!

F***ing...

We're going to hit!

What the f*** is

going on around here?

What the f*** happened?

Propeller jam.

Someone tampered with it.

I don't think so.

Someone tampered with it.

(WOMAN SPEAKING SPANISH)

(SPEAKING SPANISH)

Sorry about that oil thing.

Don't worry about it.

It will buy us

a little more time.

EDDIE:
Hey, Michael,

look. It's like

a spaceship over here.

Wow, Sebastian,

it's amazing in here.

Yeah?

It's coming along, right?

I forgot

you haven't been here

since the renovation.

Hey, don't touch that.

Fellas, you hang on

to this.

Okay, that's good.

(CELL PHONE RINGS)

Good aim.

CHRIS:
Hey, everything okay?

KATE:
Yeah

we're at Sebastian's.

Are the boys okay?

Yeah. Are you

in Panama already?

Yeah. Keep

your phone on you.

I love you.

I love you, too.

I'll call you

on my way back.

(SIGHS)

We're almost there.

(VEHICLE HORNS HONKING)

(MAN SPEAKS SPANISH)

EDWIN:
Hey!

Whoa!

You got a lot of

p*ssy in here.

Good to

see you, man.

Everything good?

Yeah.

Good, you got

the cash, the van?

S, s.

Cool.

Yeah.

(EDWIN SPEAKING SPANISH)

DANNY:
Whoa.

What, you don't trust me?

Oh, I trust you.

Est bueno?

No, it's no f***ing bueno.

Andy, wait here.

Danny, come on.

Hey, what is it?

What are you doing?

I need some iodine.

The ink is OVI,

the layers are right,

but that paper

felt different.

Hey, qu pasa?

What's going on?

You better hope I'm wrong.

You f***ing idiots

didn't print this

on starch-free paper.

I'm sorry, man.

This is the best I have.

I don't have time for this.

I told you on the phone,

I needed exactly

what you

sold me last time.

Gonzalo.

Gonzalo has it

at the warehouse.

Gonzalo?

That little shithead

who works for Jesus?

No. There's no more Jesus.

Gonzalo is

running things now.

Why didn't you

send me to him

in the first place?

Are you f***ing

playing games with me?

Are you f***ing playing...

I tried!

But he doesn't want

anybody going there!

No, no, no.

We're going to

the warehouse.

Let's go.

No, no, no, no, no.

Chris.

EDWIN:
Hey, Chris, man,

look, take the van,

man. I'm sorry.

KATE:
Come on, Mikey!

Man, the sun's

really killing me.

That kid is big.

He is.

Number 11 is a big kid.

(CELL PHONE RINGS)

Hold on, I got to take this.

Okay.

Hey, man, what's up?

He didn't have them.

All right.

Well, I guess

you're going to have to

bring in some candy.

I'm not bringing in drugs.

Just go and see Ruben.

I told you, I'm not

bringing in drugs. Okay.

It's not an option.

Chris, Chris, Chris,

I'm begging you. Please.

Chris? Yeah, Chris?

Put him in the f***ing van.

You know,

you come back empty-handed,

Andy's going to

get f***ing hit,

and you're still

gonna have to come up

with the goddamn money.

Look, I'll figure

it out, okay?

Just keep Briggs

away from my family, please.

Yeah, of course.

Hey, I got

a little problem at work

I got to take care of.

See you later, buddy.

Bye, Sebastian.

Everything okay?

Yeah, everything's fine.

You got your key?

Yeah.

I'm telling you, man.

Stay away from Gonzalo.

He's been acting

crazy lately, since

he became a boss.

Stay away from him.

DANNY:
Chris, we should

have listened to him.

We got less than an hour

to get back to the boat.

It ain't going to work.

It will work.

I mean, do you even know

where Gonzalo's warehouse is?

We're in f***ing

Chorrillo right now.

I'm looking for

something to remind me.

We're going to find it.

Here we go. Here we go.

Look, right here! Here!

CAMP:
Mortin.

Yeah, Cap?

Where the hell is Farraday?

I don't know, Cap.

I didn't know

I had to babysit him today.

I didn't get the memo.

Don't piss me off, Mortin.

You'll be flipping

sh*t-burgers at McDonald's

before you can say

"minimum wage."

I'm sorry, Cap. Sorry.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

That little visit

you paid Kate,

the kids, Chris' family?

That's my family.

You stay away from them.

Are we clear?

Hi, Sadie.

Hi.

You know, if you had

hired a real smuggler

instead of Andy,

our package

would have come in

when it was supposed to.

You know,

I'm really sorry about that.

Do you know how f***ed up

things are for me right now?

I know.

He said he knew

what he was doing.

I didn't know

he was his brother-in-law.

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

(KIDS TALKING INDISTINCTLY)

DANNY:
Hey, man,

this is way more high-risk

than I originally

anticipated.

I got a wife now.

I like my wife.

Yeah, I got a wife,

too, okay?

And don't worry

about Gonzalo.

I know him,

he's a little f***ing punk.

Don't worry about it.

Oh, yeah? I heard

stories about this dude

cutting people's

heads off and sh*t.

(CELL PHONE BEEPS)

I'm looking for Gonzalo.

(SPEAKS SPANISH)

Andy, stay in the van

with the bag.

Danny, it's all good.

I know this guy, come on.

VOICEMAIL:

You have one new message.

BRIGGS:
Hey, fuckhead,

I'm watching your

sister's kid play soccer.

You don't call me back,

I'm gonna walk out

on that field and put

a bullet in his head.

(KINKOS SPEAKING SPANISH)

(BARKING)

(GONZALO SPEAKING SPANISH

ON PHONE)

Chris.

ANDY:
Don't...

Stop talking.

Like I said,

I want you to take

the buy money

and go to that address,

and talk to

a gentleman named Ruben.

If you ever want to see

your little nephew again,

you take the package

and you bring it back,

all right?

(DOG BARKING)

(MEN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)

(SNARLING)

DANNY:
Hey, is that a wolf?

That ain't no f***ing dog.

Excuse me, seor.

Do you mind?

Where is he?

Where is my

old friend Farraday?

Bring the van around.

Sorry for showing up

unannounced.

Edwin was trying to

play games with me.

Where's

my buddy Jesus?

We fed him

to the wolves.

What, literally?

I am the new Jesus, cabrn.

(LAUGHS)

It's good to see you.

You, too.

What do you think?

It's all mine, motherf***er.

All those a**holes

who thought I was sh*t?

They're dead por culeros.

We're taking down a truck.

It's a big one.

An armored truck.

Do you want to

join us? Huh?

Are you serious?

Andy?

Andy!

Oh, f***.

Andy!

MICHAEL:
He charges...

Michael, not in the house.

We're guests.

Look at young Daddy.

MICHAEL:
He shoots!

He scores!

Go find your mom.

You ain't f***ing around,

huh? Looks like you're

ready for anything.

Are you going to

war or something?

I told you.

We're taking down a truck.

F***ing rock and roll.

CHRIS:
No sh*t.

You got all these guys.

What the f*** is

in that truck, man?

You want to know?

Then maybe you should

show these a**holes

how it's done.

No, look...

I'll give you

the super notes for free.

Yeah, thanks anyway.

But I got a boat

to catch, so...

Come on. Don't tell me

you don't miss this sh*t.

I got two kids now,

man, you know?

My cowboy days are over.

Come on, Danny!

The money's gone.

And Andy.

What?

What the f***

are you talking about?

You come in here

and treat me

like an a**hole?

No, primo,

I wouldn't do that, man.

(SCOFFS)

I should f***ing

blow your brains out.

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