Ransom (1996) on Netflix
Tom Mullen, a millionaire airline magnate, calls in the FBI when his son Sean is kidnapped and held for $2 million. The kidnappers send a video of the bound boy.
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Plot summary
Tom Mullen is a millionaire who built his fortune in aviation and lives in New York with his wife Kate and their son Sean. While the parents are at a science fair, the boy is kidnapped and held in an apartment. A video arrives showing Sean bound, with a demand for $2 million. Tom is willing to pay the money, but he calls in the FBI, and Special Agent Lonnie Hawkins moves a team into the penthouse. A caller with an electronically disguised voice gives Tom instructions for the handover, and the Bureau has its own plan for the delivery.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Ransom (1996)
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- The story came from a 1954 episode of The United States Steel Hour titled "Fearful Decision". In 1956 it was adapted by Cyril Hume and Richard Maibaum into the feature film Ransom!, starring Glenn Ford, Donna Reed and Leslie Nielsen.
- On its debut the film had the second-highest opening weekend for a Disney film, behind The Lion King, and the company's largest live-action opening weekend, beating the record The Rock had set five months earlier. It held that record until Armageddon opened in July 1998.
- The film held the record for the highest opening weekend by a Ron Howard-directed film for four years, until it was overtaken in 2000 by How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
