Product Details

• Actors: Anthony Anderson, Kellita Smith, Jay Mohr, Donald Faison, Nicole Ari Parker
• Directors: Jeffrey W. Byrd
• Writers: Wayne Conley
• Producers: Darryl Taja, David Brewington, Jeremy Barber, Luke Ryan, Matt Moore
• Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Subtitles: English, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: New Line Home Video
• DVD Release Date: July 26, 2005
• Run Time: 95 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0009P42RS
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #48,630 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "King's Ransom" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

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

Product Description

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

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Good sweet lord., July 31, 2005

By	W. K. Christian "cowboy bill" (Boston) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Not since the birth of Paris Hilton has such an unholy atrocity as this movie been unleashed on the world. Seeing as I don't have enough PTO to list what's wrong with this movie I'll list what's right: absolutely nothing. If someone you know puts this on, gouge your eyes out and smear the blood on the tv screen to prevent others from being subjected to it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars It was funny sometimes, but not enough times, January 29, 2007

By	U2girl (St. Louis, MO United States) - See all my reviews

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.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars deserves no stars........this movie was garbage, May 8, 2006

By	T. Winston - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.