His brother in law, Andy (Caleb Landry Jones), remains to be a smuggler. While in danger of being arrested by the U.S. Customs, he dumped the cargo of illegal drugs on his ship into the sea. The drug dealer, Briggs (Giovanni Ribisi), who has a speech problem, then insists on getting the money intended for the loot. If Andy won’t pay him, then he’ll take revenge on Chris and Kate.
To help Andy, Chris and his friend, Sebastian (Ben Foster), travel to Panama from their home in New Orleans on board a ship that his convict dad used to be connected with. His aim is to get some counterfeit dollars to pay for the lost drug money and he’s forced to deal with a loony Panamanian gangster, Gonzalo (Diego Luna). Meanwhile, Briggs and his men start to terrorize his family.
The movie is a fairly decent action vehicle (the gunfight in Panama is the best sequence) with plenty of violence and some touches of humor but very few surprises. It’s quite too long, though, and often lacks energy. As the hero, Wahlberg gives his usual low-key performance with his own charisma. The scene-stealing Foster and Ribisi chew the scenery but Kate is wasted in a deglamorized role after her ass-kicking Selene in “Underworld Awakening”. Truth to tell, you’ve seen this material before in “Gone in 60 Seconds”.
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