Poster for CONTRABAND starring Mark Wahlberg & Kate Beckinsale

Here is a new poster for Universal Pictures' action thriller Contraband. The film has a great solid cast that includes Mark Wahlberg, Kate Beckinsale, Ben Foster, Giovanni Ribisi and Lukas Haas. Aaron Guzikowski wrote the script. Guzikowski wrote the 2009 Blacklist spec script Prisoners. Baltasar Kormakur is directing the film, he also directed the original in 2008.

Wahlberg plays a former smuggler trying to go straight as a night guard. When his wife’s brother (who got him the job) botches a smuggling run, his life is threatened and the night guard is dragged in for one more job. Foster plays the night guard's best friend and right hand man, who helps him take on the dangerous job.

Here's the synopsis:

Chris Farraday long ago abandoned his life of crime, but after his brother-in-law, Andy, botches a drug deal for his ruthless boss, Tim Briggs, Chris is forced back into doing what he does best -- running contraband -- to settle Andy's debt. Chris is a legendary smuggler and quickly assembles a crew with the help of his best friend, Sebastian, to head to Panama and return with millions in counterfeit bills.

Things quickly fall apart and with only hours to reach the cash, Chris must use his rusty skills to successfully navigate a treacherous criminal network of brutal drug lords, cops and hit men before his wife, Kate, and sons become their target. 

The film will be released on January 13th 2012. Check out the trailer here, if you have not seen it already.