King's Ransom (film)

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King's Ransom

Theatrical poster
Directed by Jeffrey W. Byrd
Produced by Darryl Taja
David Brewington
Jeremy Barber
Luke Ryan
Matt Moore
Mike Drake
Toby Emmerich
Written by Wayne Conley
Starring Anthony Anderson
Jay Mohr
Donald Faison
Kellita Smith
Nicole Ari Parker
Charlie Murphy
Regina Hall
Roger Cross
Music by Marcus Miller
Cinematography Robert McLachlan
Editing by Jeffrey Cooper
Distributed by New Line Cinema
Release dates April 22, 2005 (2005-04-22)
Running time 95 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Box office $4,008,527[1]

King's Ransom is a 2005 comedy film, directed by Jeffrey W. Byrd and written by Wayne Conley, who was a writer for Kenan & Kel.

Malcolm King (Anderson) is a wealthy, selfish, obnoxious businessman who is about to divorce his wife Renee (Smith). She plans to ruin him financially during the court proceedings, and King is willing to do anything to protect his fortune.

He enlists his mistress, Peaches (Hall), and her brother, Herb (Murphy), to stage a mock kidnapping. They are to make and receive a huge ransom demand, which would keep the money safe from his wife.

Unfortunately for him, two other people have similar plans to kidnap him; Angela (Parker), an aggrieved employee and Corey (Mohr), a good-natured yet hapless nobody who lives in his grandmother's basement and needs $10,000 after being threatened by his adopted sister.

Reaction

King's Ransom was a box office success but was universally panned by critics. The average grade on Yahoo! Movies from critics was a D- and from users a D. Rotten Tomatoes ranked the film 4th in the 100 worst reviewed films of the 2000s, with a rating of 0%.

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=kingsransom.htm, Box Office Mojo

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