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Ransom

Ransom (1996)

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63

Average Rating: 5.7/10
Critic Reviews: 8
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 3

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Average Rating: 3.1/5
User Ratings: 105,882

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Movie Info

Ron Howard directed this thriller which stars Mel Gibson as Tom Mullen, a former fighter pilot who built a ramshackle one-plane airline into a major multinational service fleet. Mullen has a multi-million dollar fortune, a beautiful wife, Kate (Rene Russo) and a nine-year-old son, Sean (Brawley Nolte) that he dotes on. However, Mullen's life comes crashing down around him when Sean is kidnapped. The FBI are called in, but Mullen is wary -- he was the recent target of an FBI investigation in

Jan 15, 2002

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All Critics (57) | Top Critics (18) | Fresh (27) | Rotten (9) | DVD (23)

While a flawed, overlong offering of suspense, the movie retains a boiling core of tension, sold with an authentic feel for desperation by Gibson, who keeps the picture on task with his forceful, teeth-grinding work.

July 26, 2012 Full Review Source: Blu-ray.com
Blu-ray.com

The script is shaky, but Gibson's forceful performance allows Ransom to pay off with modest dividends.

June 14, 2012 Full Review Source: Creative Loafing
Creative Loafing

A tough, gripping thriller.

January 23, 2006
Fantastica Daily

...it is, after all, still just a movie thriller, not a serious drama. Keep that in mind, and you'll have fun with it.

April 11, 2004 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis
Movie Metropolis

...unless you expect high drama or intense realism, the movie is going to provide solid Hollywood entertainment.

April 11, 2004 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis
Movie Metropolis

...doesn?t take a lot of risks, but it packs surprise after surprise..

January 8, 2004 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com
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Audience Reviews for Ransom

Ransom is an underrated thriller that has a great deal of top notch stars attached to it. Ron Howard is a good director and even though this isn't even close to his best movie, it is a good movie. I like all the major actors in this movie especially Gary Sinise. Mel Gibson and Rene Russo are good as the devastated parents to an abducted child. This delivers exactly what I wanted from it. It never grew boring or tiresome as some movies in this genre can. It was able to move smoothly through it's story with no lag that sometimes is accompanied by abduction films. Not one of the best movies out there, but definitely an entertaining one.
June 2, 2011
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Melvin White

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Mel Gibson gives a good performance, showing a man trying to think his way out of a crisis,when his son is kidnapped holding him for ransom.
Intrigue is established early and tension never lets up all the way,in this film, until the very final shot. It's only in the final scene that the story starts to bite off more than it can chew in a bloody showdown !!!
June 14, 2008
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♥Robyn M♥

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    1. Tom Mullen: Give me back my son!
    – Submitted by Alex A (13 months ago)

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