"Con-traband"

Summary by Wolf Films Production.

Log Line:

In an attempt to stop illegal arms dealings, agent Kowalski is kidnaped. It is up to the "Players" to outsmart a cop gone bad in order to get her back.

Synopsis:

Following a lead, the "Players" try to purchase stolen weapons in a sting operation. When Ice's cover is blown, the ringleader of the operation, Brandon Ross, vows to get even.

That evening as agent Kowalski is at home, masked commandos storm her house, taking her hostage until their demands are met. There request is simple, Ice must break into the FBI evidence locker, steal a specific weapon and return it to Ross. Only then will agent Kowalski be returned.

Unbeknownst to Ice and the rest of the team, this is only a front. Ross' true intention is to lead Ice out into the open so he can rid himself of the only person who can identify him.

Ice and the rest of the team successfully retrieve the weapon from the locker and prepare to make the exchange. Before this can be done, however, the team discovers that Ross is in fact a SWAT team commander, a policeman gone bad. They devise a clever scheme, staging their own hostage standoff. The SWAT team is called in, lead by Ross, and his cover is blown.

A chase ensues, leading the "Players" back to Ross' hideout. Agent Kowalski escapes, and Ice uses Ross' own stolen weapons to apprehend him.


Series Cast:

Ice (Isaac Gregory) . . . Ice-T
Alphonse Royo . . . Costas Mandylor
Charlie O'Bannon . . . Frank John Hughes
Chris Kowalski . . . Mia Korf

Guest Cast:

Brandon Ross . . . John A. Bradley
Malcom O'Connor . . . Bob McCracken
Castillo . . . Miguel Perez
Todd Van Horn . . . Reb Brown
Prince . . . Prince Ital Joe
Commando #1 . . . Joshua Cox
Commando#2 . . . Teddy Lane, Jr.
Sniper . . . Kristian Sorensen

Production:

Bxecutive Producer . . . Dick Wolf
Executive Producer . . . Ed Zuckerman
Executive Producer . . . Clyde Phillips
Co-Executive Producer . . . Robert Lloyd Lewis
Producer . . . Stan Berkowitz
Co-Producer . . . Kevin Cremin
Supervising Producer . . . Gerry Conway
Supervising Producer . . . Arthur Forney
Writer . . . Clyde Phillips
Director . . . Richard Compton