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Thus begins a nerve-racking battle of wills and a test of the father's conviction to carry out a plan that could cost his son's life. The boy's mother (played by Rene Russo, reunited with Gibson after Lethal Weapon 3) disapproves of her husband's life-threatening gamble, and a seasoned FBI negotiator (Delroy Lindo) is equally fearful of disaster as the search for the kidnappers intensifies. Through it all, Howard maintains a level of nail-biting tension to match Gibson's desperate ploy, and the plot twists are just clever enough to cancel out the overwrought performances and manipulative screenplay. Ransom may not be as sophisticated as its glossy production design would suggest, but it's a thriller with above-average intelligence and an emotion-driven plot that couldn't be more urgent. Adding to the intensity is a superior supporting cast including Gary Sinise, Lili Taylor and Liev Schreiber as the kidnappers, who demonstrate that even the tightest scheme can unravel under unexpected stress. Remade from a 1956 film starring Glenn Ford, Ransom is diluted by a few too many subplots, but as a high-stakes game of cat and mouse, it's a slick and satisfying example of Hollywood entertainment. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com
Special Features
English
Region 2
Directors Audio Commentary
4 Deleted Scenes
What Would You Do Featurette
Between Takes Featurette
Theatrical Trailer
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
An efficient Saturday night thriller,
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This review is from: Ransom [1974] [DVD] [1997] (DVD)
NB: This is a review of the Sean Connery film Ransom, not the Mel Gibson film with the same title. For reasons best known to themselves, Amazon have lumped the reviews for the two different films together!
Caspar Wrede's Ransom (retitled The Terrorists in the USA) is an entertaining enough cat-and-mouse yarn from 1975 if you have an hour and a half to spare, helped immensely by a commanding performance by Sean Connery as the Scandinavian security chief having to deal with a hostage crisis and an airplane hijacking by Ian McShane's terrorist. There are some neat plot twists, Sven Nykvist's cinematography makes good use of the snowbound locations and there's a strong Jerry Goldsmith score that helps drive the film along nicely, although it is rather disconcerting to hear John Quentin speaking with Malcolm Terris' voice in a particularly noticeable bit of dubbing. An efficient Saturday night thriller that doesn't aim high but does deliver, Cinema Club's DVD has a good widescreen transfer that includes the original UK theatrical trailer.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Pretty good thriller.,
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This review is from: Ransom [DVD] [1997] (DVD)
Generally faithful to the 1950's version (starring Glenn Ford and Leslie Nielsen), the story concerns a wealthy - albeit shady - businessman who's son is kidnapped. Upon receiving the ransom demand, he decides not to pay and instead places the the sum of the ransom as a bounty on the kidnappers head.Good performances throughout (especially Rene Russo) and a neat twist to the old formula, give Ransom an edge missing from some of the other modern thrillers around.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Pure class,
This review is from: Ransom [DVD] [1997] (DVD)
RansomInevitably a butt clenching movie which aims, and succeeds in causing your stomach to turn, your heart to race and your eyes to glue themselves to the screen. The storey of Tom (Gibson) and his wife(Russo) is of a terrifying ordeal. Their nine year old son has been kidnapped, and in return for their son, Gibson and Russo, will have to pay a ransom of $2,000,000. Will they pay up? Clearly they love their son. This is truly a harrowing story of bravery and madness. Full of action, heart breaking acting and one of the most enduring scenes of emotion I have witnessed for some time. I strongly recommend this film. Its well directed, well acted and has a great plot. What else do you need? *****
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