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1996

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An explosive thriller in which a business tycoon desperately tries to rescue his son from kidnappers. Read more

Starring	Brawley Nolte, Dan Hedaya, Paul Guilfoyle, Liev Schreiber
Director	Ron Howard
Genres	Drama

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Ransom

An explosive thriller in which a business tycoon desperately tries to rescue his son from kidnappers.

Starring	Brawley Nolte, Dan Hedaya, Paul Guilfoyle, Liev Schreiber, Michael Gaston, Evan Handler, Kevin Neil McCready, Mel Gibson, Rene Russo, Gary Sinise, Delroy Lindo, Lili Taylor
Director	Ron Howard
Studio	TOUCHSTONE HOME VIDEO
Run time	DVD: 2 hrs 8 mins
Certificate
Genres	Drama
Language	DVD: English, English Audio Description
Hearing-impaired	English
Released	Production year: 1996 To Rent: DVD: 08 Apr 2002

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- "A crackerjack thriller with some unusually tasty plot twists, RANSOM pays plenty of entertaining dividends....The storytelling is highly efficient...
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  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:59
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  Brilliant
  
  Not the best film of all time but some of the acting was very emotive. Fantastic scenes
  
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  - 03 Feb 2005 at 18:01
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  Great Movie with a Twist!!
  
  I'm a fan of Mel Gibson as he seems to be able to turn his hand at anything. 'Bird on a Wire' - 'Braveheart' - 'Ransom' need I say ... read more »
  
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  Ransom
  
  Love this film, always meant to see it in the cinema but never got round to it. Was worth the wait tho !
  
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  - 09 Jun 2009 at 12:02
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  Amazing!
  
  If you have not seen this film, add it to your list now!! Original storyline and great acting. I love Mel Gibson in all his films and this is definitely one ... read more »
  
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Top 10 Mel Gibson
- 29 Jan 2010
Mad Max (1979) Mel’s famously hot-headed temper, helped land him the role of Mad Max. After getting into a bar brawl, Gibson accompanied a fellow actor to auditions for the film the next day, not intending to read for the part. But – as Gibson once cited to reporters - when the producers saw how his head resembled a “black and blue pumpkin”, they invited him back to audition. Lethal Weapon (1987) According to Vanity Fair, Bruce Willis was originally considered for the... Read more
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