Ransom (1996)
- Starring:
- Mel Gibson, Rene Russo, (more)
- Director(s):
- Ron Howard
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Ransom
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 which he was found to have bribed union officials while negotiating a contract. FBI Agent Hawkins (Delroy Lindo) advises Mullen to make the $2 million dollar drop to pay the kidnappers, which will make it easier to track the criminals, but when the tradeoff goes wrong, Mullen takes a new tactic -- he goes on television and offers a $2 million bounty for the heads of the people who kidnapped his child. Meanwhile, it becomes clear the kidnappers include Maris Connor (Lili Taylor), who once worked for the Mullens, and Jimmy Shaker (Gary Sinise), one of the cops who investigated Mullen for bribery. This remake of the 1956 Glenn Ford vehicle of the same name was scripted by Richard Price, who has a bit part as a police detective. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 121 mins
Complete Cast of Ransom
- Mel Gibson - Tom Mullen
- Gary Sinise - Jimmy Shaker
- Delroy Lindo - Agent Lonnie Hawkins
- Liev Schreiber - Clark Barnes
- Evan Handler - Miles Roberts
- José Zuñiga - David Torres
- Paul Guilfoyle - Wallace
- Donna Hanover
- Rene Russo - Kate Mullen
- Brawley Nolte - Sean Mullen
- Lili Taylor - Maris Connor
- Donnie Wahlberg - Cubby Barnes
- John Ortiz - Roberto
- Michael Gaston - Agent Jack Sickler
- Nancy Ticotin - Agent Kimba Welch
- Dan Hedaya - Jackie Brown
- Director(s):
- Ron Howard
- Writer(s):
- Richard Price, Alexander Ignon
- Producer(s):
- Scott Rudin, B. Kipling Hagopian, Brian Grazer
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Profanity, Not For Children, Children in Peril, Graphic Violence)
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