Ransom Collector's Edition
Through a life of hard work, airline owner Tom Mullen (Mel Gibson) has amassed a great deal of wealth. When a group of criminals want a piece of his cash, they kidnap his son (Brawley Nolte) for a $2 million ransom. Encouraged by his wife (Rene Russo) and an FBI agent (Delroy Lindo), Tom prepares to pay the money, but the ransom drop goes awry. Enraged, Tom decides to turn the tables on the kidnappers by making the ransom a bounty on their heads – which he announces on national television.
Critic Reviews:
- " The special nature of this story is its many climaxes that border on false endings and also how Gibson's character responds to the ransom demand of $2 million… it is Gibson who sells us on it and sells it well. " – Gene Siskel
- " Mel Gibson and Rene Russo put an edgy 1990s spin on the roles originally played by Glenn Ford and Donna Reed. " – John Hartl
- " By the time Tom Mullen has turned into an action superhero in a clumsy climax, Ransom has run out of ideas, and we've lost track of what we felt about a father's frantic efforts to save his son. " – Joe Morgenstern