1996 · thriller · crime · kidnapping
Ransom
Directed by Ron Howard2h 1m1996
When a rich man's son is kidnapped, he cooperates with the police at first but then tries a unique tactic against the criminals.
Our read: Ransom (1996) reads as a sombre, breathless, grounded thriller · crime · kidnapping entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, breathless, extreme thriller / crime, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
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- extreme
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