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Ransom

1996

Ron Howard

Mel Gibson, René Russo, Gary Sinise, Delroy Lindo ...

5.6

19,916

Mystery Tom Mullen is a millionaire, he built his fortune by working hard. Along the way he learned how to play the game. He has a great family. One day his son is kidnapped. He is willing to pay the ransom but decides to call in the FBI, who manages to go into his home secretly. When he goes to make the drop something goes wrong. The kidnapper calls him again and reschedules it. On the way Mullen decides not to go and appears on TV saying that ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"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 (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"A spellbinding crime tale that delivers surprises right down to the wire"	POS
United States	Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly	"Ransom has some clever and exciting moments, but in scene after scene it teases you with gamesmanship"	NEU
United States	Todd McCarthy Variety	"A crackerjack thriller with some unusually tasty plot twists, 'Ransom' pays plenty of entertaining dividends."	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Here’s a tension-packed thriller that will shake your head and rattle your brain"	POS
United States	Desson Thomson The Washington Post	"[You will] be thrilled, charged up and put through the ringer at times, but your intelligence will need to be shoved under your seat like warm, flat soda."	NEU

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