"Smuggling in Suburbia" is a stylish thriller with a clever screenplay and a well-developed set of characters.
Young Joanie Whittaker gets linked up with a unique operation of smuggling illegal "blue" diamonds. She works as a "mule" in taking the diamonds through airport security in the delicate lenses of cameras. Her motivation is to earn enough money to pay for an operation for her kid brother Peter, who needs the transplant of a new small intestine.
Danny is the dirty dealer and thug for whom Joanie works. In the course of her transactions, she falls in love with Tucker, Danny's partner in New York. Joanie's mother, Georgia Whittaker, is the super control freak, who gets wise to her daughter's secret life and unwittingly does more harm than good.
The filmmakers were successful in incorporating levity in the far-fetched scenario of the diamond smuggling. Georgia has one of the best lines in the film when she gives her daughter the following advice about her new, criminal boyfriend: "Love makes you stupid. I have a Masters Degree in falling for the wrong guy." After arguing with Joanie and learning about the hundreds of thousands of dollars the daughter has earned, the mom then asks, "Are they still hiring?"
The young senior at Lexington High, who aspires to study architecture at M.I.T. was cool as a cucumber in her interactions with airport security and her maniacal boss, Danny. The action was lively with the helicopter mom Georgia and the sassy younger brother Peter. One senses that Joanie has a great career ahead of her as an architect...or any other lucrative endeavor she chooses to pursue.
Smuggling in Suburbia
2019
Action / Thriller
Smuggling in Suburbia
2019
Action / Thriller
Plot summary
A struggling single mother must fight for her teenage daughter's freedom after she is arrested by federal agents for being involved in an illegal diamond smuggling operation.
Uploaded by: FREEMAN
Director
Tech specs
720p.WEB 1080p.WEB 817.4 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
NR
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Weak story
The premise is about girls in high school paid to fly diamonds around the country. Don't know why the smugglers don't just drive and carry the diamonds to the destinations and they won't have any body checking them.
Not worth watching.
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Watch for Agent Hope
Agent Hope can investigate me anytime! Phenomenal actor and super hot. I thoroughly enjoyed his scenes I just wish he was in it more. Movie was fun to watch.