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Directed by:
Ron Howard
Writing credits:
Jonathan Gold
Alexander Ignon
Genre: Drama / Action / Thriller
Tagline: Someone is going to pay.
Plot Outline: When a rich man's son is kidnapped, he cooperates with the police at first but then tries a unique tactic against the criminals.
MPAA: Rated R for graphic, bloody violence and strong language.
Runtime: USA:117 / Australia:121
Country: USA
Language: English
Color: Black and White / Color (Technicolor)
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
Certification: USA:R / UK:15 / Germany:16 (w) / Netherlands:14 / Norway:15 / Portugal:M/16 /
Spain:18 / Australia:MA / Finland:K-14
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R
ansom is another great movie starring Mel Gibson as
Tom Mullen, the rich business tycoon! This
movie, brought to you by director Ron Howard, the same
cool guy that gave us Apollo 13, is about Tom Mullen
and his wife (Rene Russo) who are having a crisis when
their son (Brawley Nolte) is kidnapped!
The story start off with the viewers having a taste of
the good life that Tom lives. He has a loving wife, a
wonderful son and money to last him for a very looong
time! His wife loves him tremendously and respect him
for his honest and hardworking personality that brought
them where they are now.
Then one day, while at a Science Fair (I think), their
son gets kidnapped by a group of people. One of the
kidnappers works as a maid at the Mullen's residence
and another is a rather kind hearted guy (Donnie Wahlberg).
Who's the head honcho here? Well, that's the nice part that
you just have to see it for yourself but it's rather obvious
if you read the list of the cast of this movie. Okay, okay,
it's Gary Sinise! Geez!
As most kidnapping cases go, the kidnappers demand a ransom
for the safe return of Tom's son. Having no idea of what to
do, the Mullens turn to a FBI detective played by Delroy
Lindo for assistance. Delroy assures Tom that everything
would turn out fine if he would just obey whatever the
kidnappers ask for but of course the police would try their
very best to catch the kidnappers. At first Mel's charater,
Tom agrees with the detective but later after getting the
statistics on the success rate of getting back the kidnapped
victim, he follows his own instincts and decides to turn the
tables on the kidnappers. Going on air, he tells everybody
that he is offering a prize cash on anybody who could bring
in the kidnappers. And so with a bounty on their heads, the
kidnappers become desperate and the movie goes into overdrive.
And the story goes on...
Seriously, you just have to watch the movie yourself! It's great,
fast paced and just simply awesome! Even if you have already
watched the movie, you should just go out and buy the tape just
to watch it again. The ending is just too great as there is a
chase scene on foot in the middle of the city by Mel and the
head kidnapper. The movie is rated... something for its graphical
violence but honestly I think Jurasic Park is more violent.
It's only the ending that you have to watch out for because
you may just not like to see blood splurting out of a person's
throat!
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