King's Ransom

King's Ransom

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Editorial Reviews

Anthony Anderson plays millionare Malcolm King who gets wrapped up in a true mess when he plans his own kidnapping to avoid paying a divorce settlement. Unfortunately for Malcolm, everything falls apart when he's not the only one in on the plot! Watch and see who finally gets away with King's Ransom!

DVD Features:
Audio Commentary:Commentary with Anthony Anderson, Jay Mohr, and director
DVD ROM Features:Script to Screen
Deleted Scenes:Deleted/Alternate Scenes with optional director commentary
Documentary:"Down and Dirty" - Behind the scenes documentary
Theatrical Trailer

Anthony Anderson has built a career by creating likable supporting performances in mediocre movies from Urban Legends: Final Cut to Kangaroo Jack to Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London. So he probably leapt on King's Ransom as an opportunity to show his star potential, surrounded by a good cast, including Jay Mohr (Jerry Maguire), Nicole Parker (Soul Food), Loretta Devine (Woman Thou Art Loosed), and Regina Hall (Scary Movie). Regrettably, all King's Ransom shows is why Anderson ended up in so many mediocre movies in the first place: Poor judgment. This contrived comedy about a business mogul who has himself kidnapped to wriggle out of a divorce settlement--only, what a surprise, his plans go awry and hijinks ensue--is one long series of clumsy, unoriginal, and just unfunny scenes that barely connect into a plot. It's a movie that seems to have been made as a tax write-off. Also featuring Kellita Smith (The Bernie Mac Show) and Donald Faison (Scrubs). --Bret Fetzer

Customer Reviews

King's Ransom

Reviewed by Arnita D. Brown, 2010-01-24

Malcolm King is a wealthy and arrogant businessman whose ex-wife to be has plans to take him for everything he's worth in their divorce settlement. Determined to avoid losing his fortune to her, Malcolm plans his own kidnapping with the help of his dim-witted mistress and her ex-con brother. Unfortunately for Malcolm, he is not the only one with a kidnapping plot. This movie is a silly slapstick comedy. You shouldn't watch this movie expecting to be moved to anything but laughter.

This was a great movie!

Reviewed by Movie Fan, 2010-01-05

This was a great movie! we had to buy a copy.. It is very funny and has some good lessons... I would recommend this movie. One of my co workers asked me if I had seen this movie and I told them that we have seen the movie. My co worker also thought that it was a great movie and very funny. I am surprised at the reviews. Try it for your self.. great add on to your comedy collection!

This movie is hilarious

Reviewed by M. Graham, 2009-05-15

This movie is too funny. Anderson made an excellent potrayal of a selfish bratty boss who told people what to do. If you thought that Rush Hour 1 &2 are funny, then you'll think this is too. But if you think that Dude Wear's my Car is funny, then you may give it a low rating and not really get the jokes. I will be picking up a copy for my repetoire.

It was funny sometimes, but not enough times

Reviewed by U2girl, 2007-01-29

I happened to be passing through the channels on cable and came across this movie and saw Anthony and decided to watch. All I can say is Thank Goodness I saw this on cable. It had a few funny scenes like when Anthony was bossy to Jay, but most of the movie didn't make any sense. I mean what are the odds of 3 people thinking of kidnapping somebody on the same night, especially since one of the culprits was himself. Too farfetched and not funny enough to be given more than 2 stars. Sorry Anthony.

deserves no stars........this movie was garbage

Reviewed by T. Winston, 2006-05-08

This is one of the worst movies I've seen. It's supposed to be a comedy but this movie was sooooooooo stupid it wasn't even funny. It's basically about a rich guy who has his own company, I think it's called King Enterprises. Almost everyone thinks he's arrogant and three female employees plan to kidnap him which I thought was so stupid. Then the rich guy (played by Anthony Anderson) and his wife are going through a divorce. So to prevent her from getting all his assets and money he plans his own kidnapping not knowing that his soon to be ex-wife plans to kidnap him as well.

I literally had to force myself to watch this movie. It was so dumb it hardly kept my interest. The way the movie was produced it seemed like a retarded person wrote and directed the movie. The overall concept of the movie didn't make sense at all. I was surprised at this movie. It had an all-star cast but this film totally bombed. If you like black comedies I definately don't recommed that you see this movie.

This movie was just horrible. As I was watching it I expected it to get better but it just got worse. As I said AVOID THIS MOVIE, it is a complete waste of time.