Ransom (Special Edition)

There was nothing to dislike. Delivery was prompt and fast!

Benn Looking FOREVER for This Movie.. Doesn't Stream Anywhere.. SO HAPPY

Great movie.

This is one of my favorite Mel Gibson flocks…. Great movie. Worth the time to watch. Worth the $$$ to buy…

Im so happy to be getting my old (and lost 😒) VHS movies back into my library, but in dvd form. This is a great movie if you haven't seen it, definitely worth the purchase if you have cut the cable cord as I have.Arrived fast and in great condition.

This movie is one of Mel Gibson’s best ever. Gary Sinise is also superb in leveling out this awesome cast.This is hugely an underrated movie that goes under the radar. It never gets old.

Good action movie

This is a great Mel Gipson movie! I feel like I never heard much about it, but if you are a Mel Gipson fan, you should add this one to your collection.

Kidnappers snatch the son of multi millionaire airline magnate Tom Mullen (Mel Gibson) and demand $2 million ransom for the boys return. Initially it seems a straight forward case of pay the money and all will be well. But with a murky incident from his past hanging heavy on his shoulders, and an overriding feeling that no matter what he does, his son will not be returned alive, Mullen turns the tables on the kidnappers. He instead now offers the ransom money as a bounty reward to anyone who finds the kidnappers, dead or alive.Perhaps with Ron Howard in the directing chair it's no surprise to find that the premise here is toweringly safe. To a parent the snatching of ones offspring is the worst nightmare imaginable. Thus armed with a considerable Hollywood budget and a cast list not to be sniffed at for any big production, Ransom ultimately ends up as a hugely efficient thriller guaranteed to keep sane adults interested. But it really should have been so much more, for although Howard does a stand up professional job, both he and his writers are guilty of not pushing it a bit further to keep the viewers perched firmly on the edge of their seats. What saves Ransom from a standard script devoid of some much needed jolts, is the absorbing performances of Gibson as the stricken and conflicted Mullen, and Gary Sinise as the snarly on the edge kidnapping kingpin, Jimmy Shaker. Their cat and mouse game, in either direction, gives the film its dramatic edge. For although the exasperation that comes from other quarters, Rene Russo's fraught wife and mother-Delroy Lindo's (excellent) FBI team leader; does need to be played out; as does the switch back and forth to the falling apart dummies in the kidnap gang, a film of this type needs serious drama. Thankfully then, that comes in spades from Gibbo and Gary.A great concept that is executed with almost mechanical precision from some of Hollywood's go to film makers. It just lacks a darker edge that the premise had promised, particularly in a rather redundant final reel. Still it's got some tough scenes {Gibson possibly doing the best show of believable male grief in the 90s} and its lead characters are never less than intriguing. 7/10

Tom Mullen has it all, a happy family, success and wealth. One day during a conference at the park, his son goes missing.By the time he arrives home, he receives a video-taped message of his son, who has been kidnapped.He is willing to pay the ransom, but he calls the FBI in secret.When the drop goes bad, Tom tries another tactic against the criminals, using the money as a bounty on their heads...A wonderfully high concept movie, this was released when Gibson was one of the biggest stars in the world, and this has to be one of his most adult orientated movies of the nineties, as the majority of his non-directed movies focused more on his charm and wit.For the most part, it's a solid movie, with great performance from the four central characters, and Howard keeps the tension taut throughout the movie.As Hollywood blockbusters go, it's refreshing to see something as dark and as sinister as this, and some of the scenes here are very disturbing, and Sinise proves he can play one disturbing bad guy, as well as a wholesome good guy.It falters off into generic action territory come the end, but all in all, it's nice to see a movie as high profile as this, not spoon feeding the audience.

I’ve seen an earlier version of this, starring Glenn Ford. I think that the plot was really intense, and really drew you in. It’s a brave father who refuses to pay for the return of his kidnapped son, ask Paul Getty....

Brilliant tense film with Mel Gibson in one of best performances and Gary sinise makes a fantastic villain with a young lieve schrieber as one of the kidnappers

I love this film. It has plenty of action, tells a very good story and well worth watching. Love Mel Gibson, hes a great actor. I usually have a few tears when I see a child being treated like that. It's unforgivable.