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.
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Contemporary, classical in form, earnest and grave.
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
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Cast
- Mark WahlbergChris Farraday
- Kate BeckinsaleKate Farraday
- Ben FosterSebastian Abney
- Giovanni RibisiTim Briggs
- Lukas HaasDanny Raymer
- Caleb Landry JonesAndy
- Diego LunaGonzalo
- J.K. SimmonsCaptain Camp
- David O'HaraJim Church
- William LuckingBud Farraday
Crew
- Baltasar KormákurDirector
- Aaron GuzikowskiScreenplay
- Barry AckroydDirector of Photography
- Clinton ShorterOriginal Music Composer
- Elísabet RonaldsdóttirEditor
- Tim BevanProducer
- Baltasar KormákurProducer
- Eric FellnerProducer
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