Yojimbo 10/05/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Rating of
1/4 

Hysterical nonsense in which Mel Gibson gets red-faced and shouts a lot at some nefarious kidnappers who have taken his freckle-faced poster child of a son. Cold, calculating mastermind, untrustworthy psychopath, tart with a heart; all the stereotpyes are on display. Stupid contrived rubbish.

Daniel Corleone 03/06/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Rating of
3/4 

I recall this to be an entertaining action drama film involving a multi-millionaire airline owner Tom Mullen (Mel Gibson) and his kidnapped son Sean. Tom and Kate Mullen (Rene Russo) receive a messages from the kidnappers amounting $2,000,000 as ransom. The plot was interesting with a slight twist in the end. Performances were sincere from the leads. Mel Gibson proves he is one of the solid actors around in this flick. Ransom is a well casted movie about making sacrifices for your family.

mitchellyoung 01/25/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Rating of
3/4 

Ron Howard does a great job of ramping up the tension and excitement in this thriller, which features some strong action scenes and acting with immediacy from Gibson. Gibson's desperate performance adds another layer of high stakes to this kidnapping tale.

Alaine 12/15/2011 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Rating of
1.5/4 

Mel is so believable when he's nasty and hard nosed. Almost like it comes naturally.

Snoogans 08/03/2011 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Rating of
3/4 

Solid acting, directing and a couple of cool twists make for a good kidnapping movie.