Year			1996
Genre			Action, drama, thriller
Length			1:57
Director			Ron Howard
Writer			Cyril Hume Richard Maibaum
Company			Buena Vista Pictures
Starring			Mel Gibson Rene Russo Gary Sinise Delroy Lindo Donnie Wahlberg Brawley Nolte Show more... Mel Gibson Rene Russo Gary Sinise Delroy Lindo Donnie Wahlberg Brawley Nolte Lili Taylor Liev Schreiber Evan Handler Nancy Ticotin Michael Gaston Kevin Neil McCready Paul Guilfoyle Allen Bernstein José Zúñiga

In the action-thriller movie event of the year, superstar Mel Gibson (BRAVEHEART) is 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! That's when Mullen defies the experts and takes matters into his own hands ... boldly turning the tables on the kidnappers in a last-chance effort to rescue the boy! A critically acclaimed smash from director Ron Howard (APOLLO 13) that features Rene Russo (LETHAL WEAPON 3) and Gary Sinise (FORREST GUMP) in an excellent supporting cast -- you'll find RANSOM pays off big with unpredictable twists and unstoppable excitement!