Ransom
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 15 Ratings
- Starring: Gary Sinise, Mel Gibson, Rene Russo
- Summary: In this action-thriller, Mel Gibson stars as Tom Mullen, a wealthy executive whose charmed life is suddenly shattered when his young son is abducted and held for ransom by a gang of ruthless criminals. (BV Entertainment)
- Director: Ron Howard
- Genre(s): Action, Thriller, Crime
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Positive: 13 out of 21
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Mixed: 5 out of 21
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Negative: 3 out of 21
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100Mr. Howard has made Ransom in the same clean, swift, logical style that sent his "Apollo 13" into orbit, resulting in a spellbinding crime tale that delivers surprises right down to the wire.
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80Its major sin--a certain ineluctable improbability--is pretty much offset by the moments of winsome humanity Gibson finds for his freebooter; by the rich, nicely tuned portrayals of the other actors; and by director Ron Howard's smoothly professional mastery of yet another genre that is new to him.
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50Since "To pay or not to pay" is banal, the plot takes the popular path of excess to a brain-boggling twist (to be specific would be to ruin what fun there is), then spirals off in a series of ever more unlikely gyrations, until a heretofore decent picture has gone completely south into fantasy-land.
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30For all the film's frantic editing, it never really takes off, principally because of Gibson. He never seems concentrated, really present. He was better as Hamlet. [1996Dec9 Pg.27]
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Positive: 1 out of 2
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Mixed: 1 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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GrantN.6A quality movie but one would expect more from Gibson and especcialy Howard after Apollo 13.
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