Storyline
When a rich man's son is kidnapped, he cooperates with the police at first but then tries a unique tactic against the criminals.
Directors
Cast
Craig Castaldo, Dan Hedaya, Cheryl Howard, Gary Sinise, Mick O'Rourke, Liev Schreiber, José Zúñiga, Давид Вадим, Donnie Wahlberg, Delroy Lindo, Henry Kingi Jr., John Ortiz, Joe Bacino, Roy Farfel, Peter Anthony Tambakis, Rene Russo, Mel Gibson, Michael Gaston, James Ritz, Evan Handler, Lili Taylor, Michael Countryman, Iraida Polanco, Lex D. Geddings, Paul Guilfoyle, Nancy Ticotin, Brawley Nolte, Kevin Neil McCready, Allen Bernstein, A.J. Benza, Daniel May Wong, Donna Hanover, Anton Evangelista, Carl S. Redding, James Georgiades, Christian Maelen, Dell Maara, Mike Hodge
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Reviews
100
The New York Times
Mr. Howard has made Ransom in the same clean, swift, logical style that sent his "Apollo 13" into orbit, resulting in a spellbinding crime tale that delivers surprises right down to the wire.
90
Salon
The 1996 kidnap drama Ransom traverses the parameters of public life in America, from the image public figures present to us to the image they never intended us to see. Neither one tells the whole truth. Luckily, Ransom isn't content with surfaces..
75
The movie would have benefitted from a tight rewrite (it is too ambitious in including plot threads it doesn't have time to deal with), but Gibson's strong central performance speeds it along.
75
ReelViews
Ransom isn't a bad thriller, it's just not a great one. There's a little too much pointless running around, a subplot that leads nowhere, and a certain creeping predictability that argues for a shorter running length.
75
Rolling Stone
Slick thrills and the star's blue eyes are enough to make Ransom the fall's monster hit. Instead, Howard and Gibson stake out a Moclock side in all of us that won't be banished, not even by a happy ending. I'll be damned.
