Ransom (1996)
Average Rating: 6.4/10
Reviews Counted: 34
Fresh: 25 | Rotten: 9
No consensus yet.
Average Rating: 5.7/10
Critic Reviews: 8
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 3
No consensus yet.
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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
Nov 8, 1996 Wide
Jan 15, 2002
Cast
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Mel Gibson
Tom Mullen -
Rene Russo
Kate Mullen -
Gary Sinise
Jimmy Shaker -
Brawley Nolte
Sean Mullen -
Delroy Lindo
Agent Lonnie Hawkins -
Lili Taylor
Maris Connor -
Liev Schreiber
Clark Barnes -
Donnie Wahlberg
Cubby Barnes -
Evan Handler
Miles Roberts -
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Dan Hedaya
Jackie Brown -
Jose Zuniga
David Torres -
Michael Gaston
Agent Jack Sickler -
Paul Guilfoyle
Wallace -
Nancy Ticotin
Agent Kimba Welch -
John Ortiz
Roberto
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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.
The script is shaky, but Gibson's forceful performance allows Ransom to pay off with modest dividends.
A tough, gripping thriller.
...it is, after all, still just a movie thriller, not a serious drama. Keep that in mind, and you'll have fun with it.
...unless you expect high drama or intense realism, the movie is going to provide solid Hollywood entertainment.
...doesn?t take a lot of risks, but it packs surprise after surprise..
Audience Reviews for Ransom
Super Reviewer
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 !!!
Super Reviewer
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- Tom Mullen: Give me back my son!
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