King's Ransom
Big man. Big plan. Big mistake.
Genres
Overview
Hoping to foil his own gold-digging wife's plan, a loathsome businessman arranges his own kidnapping, only to realize that there are plenty of other people interested in his wealth as well.
Details
Budget
$15000000
Revenue
$4139856
Runtime
95 min
Release Date
2005-04-22
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
52
Vote Average
4.8
Anthony Anderson
Malcolm King
Jay Mohr
Corey
Kellita Smith
Renee King
Brooke D'Orsay
Brooke Mayo
Donald Faison
Andre
Anthony Christian Potenza
Officer Holland
Glenn Bang
Peking Palace Employee
Regina Hall
Peaches Clarke
Nicole Ari Parker
Angela Drake
Loretta Devine
Miss Gladys
Charlie Murphy
Herb Clarke
Jackie Burroughs
Granny
Lawrence Dane
Detective Conley
Lisa Marcos
Raven
Rob Smith
David
Roger Cross
Byron
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6.6
Ruthless People
Sam Stone hates his wife Barbara so much that he wants her dead. He's ecstatic when she's taken by a duo of kidnappers who want $500,000 ransom in exchange for her life. Fully intending to ignore every one of the kidnappers' demands in the hopes that they do him a favor and murder her for him, the two confused kidnappers have to figure out how they're going get their money, and what they're going to do with the overbearing Barbara.
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6.9
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4.5
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6.3
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8.3
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2.0
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6.1
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5.7
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6.6
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6.6
Suicide Kings
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5.8
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6.2
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5.3
Haven
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6.3
Oscar
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6.0
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6.4
Polite Society
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6.0
Anna Bond
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0.0
Duvarların Ötesi
A story of 7 prisoners who sentenced to death for kidnapping a rich businessman's daughter.
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7.4
Fury
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