The plotline's been done to death many times before, so this USA remake of an Icelandic film (with that film's star directing this one) is for Wahlberg to keep his action star creds intact. He plays a retired smuggler, happily married with wife and kids, who gets persuaded to sort out a mess his wife's brother made. That involves him smuggling a stack of fake 100-dollar bills back from Panama, with some cocaine thrown in for good measure. Meanwhile his wife finds herself entertaining the local crime boss, who is intent of making her suffer greatly if her husband fails to deliver. It's up to Mark to make sure everyone gets their just deserts.
109 minutes, No persons under 16 (Language, Violence) Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller.
Mark Wahlberg, Kate Beckinsale, Caleb Landry Jones, Giovanni Ribisi, Ben Foster, Lukas Haas, Diego Luna, J. K. Simmons
Director
Baltasar Kormákur
Screenplay
Aaron Guzikowski, from the Icelandic film by Arnaldur Indriðason, Óskar Jónasson
Music
Clinton Shorter
Cinematography
Barry Ackroyd
Editing
Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir
Sound formats
Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
Soundtrack
Available
Made in
2012
Produced by
Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, Working Title Films, Blueeyes Productions, Leverage Management, Closest to the Hole Productions, Farraday Films, Leverage Entertainment, Studio Canal
