Contraband:
In Contraband, Mark Wahlberg’s character's life gets out’a whack when his brother-in-law (Banshee from the most recent X-Men movie) throws drugs off a boat and gets in trouble with some scary guy (Giovani Ribisi, over-acting, maybe...) who comes after Mark Wahlberg’s family (Kate Beckinsale + soccer-playing kids) and Mark has no choice but to go down to Panama to try and get his hands on some funny-money--MARK WAHLBERG IS THE BEST SMUGGLER EVER--but winds up also getting his hands on the drugs that the scary guy really wanted all along because he really works for Mark’s blood brother, a guy whose construction business is going under thanks to his coke/booze/loan-shark problems that Mark was totally unawares of, and who tries to kill Mark’s wife, which makes him angry:
The Artist:
In The Artist, Jean Dujardin’s character's life gets out’a whack when the movie industry moves from silent films to talkies and he refuses to adjust, for reasons all-too human:
The choice is ours.
