What would you hide to protect your family?
Contraband is a 2012 Crime Drama starring Mark Wahlberg.
Retired smuggler Chris Farraday finds himself recruited for one last job smuggling counterfeit cash when his brother-in-law loses a shipment of drugs for local gangster Tim Briggs. If Chris does not reimburse Briggs, his family will die.
Tropes:
- Counterfeit Cash: Chris is recruited smuggle illegal counterfeit US currency.
- Mandatory Unretirement: Chris finds himself forced to smuggle counterfeit cash in order to guarantee his family's safety.
- One Last Job: Chris is forced to perform a final smuggling gig to protect his family.
- Venturous Smuggler: Chris is accomplished in the art of smuggling contraband. Chris once let customs auction off the shell of a car he was smuggling to the same person to whom he was transporting the car's guts.
