QWhat is 'The Next Three Days' about?
AWhen his wife Lara (Elizabeth Banks) is convicted of murdering her boss and sentenced to life in prison, community college teacher John Brennan (Russell Crowe) exhausts all possible avenues of appeal. The only solution left is to break her out of prison. He consults Damon Pennington (Liam Neeson), a former prison escapee turned author, who warns him that he'll need fake IDs and passports, an escape plan, a destination that doesn't extradite, and lots of money. But that's just the easy part. The hard part is not getting caught.
QHow did John get all that money on the plane?
AThere is no limit to the amount of money (cash, traveler's checks, money orders, etc.) you can carry on a U.S. airline. However, if you transport more than $10,000 in monetary instruments into or out of the United States, you must file a Customs Form 4790 with U.S. Customs. Since paper money is not very dense and won't show up on x-ray, there are several possibilities: (1) they split the money between them and hid it in their carry-on bags, (2) they simply didn't declare it, (3) John previously converted the cash into something like traveler's checks or $1,000 bills (to reduce the volume), or (4) John mailed a check or money order to himself at the address where he would be staying in Caracas. Given the meticulousness with which he planned the escape, it's unlikely that he would attempt to carry an entire gym bag filled with money on a flight to Venezuela.
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