- King's Ransom
Infobox Film
name = King's Ransom
image_size = 200px
caption= The movie poster for "King's Ransom"
director = Jeffrey W. Byrd
producer = Darryl Taja
David Brewington
Jeremy Barber
Luke Ryan
Matt Moore
Mike Drake
Toby Emmerich
writer = Wayne Conley
narrator =
starring =Anthony Anderson Jay Mohr Donald Faison Kellita Smith
Nicole Ari ParkerCharlie Murphy Regina Hall Roger Cross
music =Marcus Miller
cinematography = Robert McLachlan
editing = Jeffrey Cooper
distributor =New Line Cinema
released = flagicon|USApril 22 ,2005
runtime = 95 min.
country = U.S.A.
language = English
gross = $4,008,527 [http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=kingsransom.htm,Box Office Mojo ]
website = http://www.newline.com/properties/kingsransom.html
amg_id = 1:302704
imdb_id = 0388183"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 ".Plot
Malcolm King (played by Anderson) is a wealthy, selfish, obnoxious businessman who is about to divorce from his wife Renee (played by 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 (played by Hall), and her brother to stage a mock kidnapping. They are to make and receive 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 (played by Parker), an aggrieved employee and Corey (played by Mohr), who lives in his grandmother's basement and needs $10,000 after being threatened by his half-sister.
Tagline: "Big Man. Big Plan. Big Mistake."
Reaction
King's Ransom was a disaster at the box office and received almost unanimously negative reviews from the critics. The film only took in approximately four million
US dollar s at the box office in just over a month. The average grade onYahoo! Movies from the critics was a D- and from the Yahoo! Users, a D. It was also one of the few films to receive a 0% fresh rating from the critics onrottentomatoes.com .Cast
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Anthony Anderson — Malcolm King
*Jay Mohr — Corey
*Kellita Smith — Renee
*Donald Faison — Andre
*Regina Hall — Peaches
*Loretta Devine — Miss Gladys
*Nicole Ari Parker — Angela
*Leila Arcieri — Kim
*Brooke D'Orsay — Brooke Mayo
*Charlie Murphy — Herb Clarke
*Roger Cross — Byron
*Jackie Burroughs — Granny
*Christian Potenza — Officer Hollandee also
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2005 in film
*List of films considered the worst everReferences
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External links
* [http://www.kingsransommovie.com/ Official site]
*imdb title|id=0388183|title=King's Ransom
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