King's Ransom
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| Directed by | Jeffrey W. Byrd |
| Produced by | Darryl Taja David Brewington Jeremy Barber Luke Ryan Matt Moore Mike Drake Toby Emmerich |
| Written by | Wayne Conley |
| Starring | Anthony Anderson Jay Mohr Donald Faison Kellita Smith Nicole Ari Parker Charlie Murphy Regina Hall Roger Cross |
| Music by | Marcus Miller |
| Cinematography | Robert McLachlan |
| Editing by | Jeffrey Cooper |
| Distributed by | New Line Cinema |
| Release date(s) | April 22, 2005 |
| Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $4,008,527[1] |
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.
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[edit] Plot
Malcolm King (Anderson) is a wealthy, selfish, obnoxious businessman who is about to divorce his wife Renee (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 (Hall), and her brother, Herb (Murphy), to stage a mock kidnapping. They are to make and receive a 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 (Parker), an aggrieved employee and Corey (Mohr), who lives in his grandmother's basement and needs $10,000 after being threatened by his adopted sister.
[edit] Reaction
King's Ransom was a box office success but received near abysmal reviews from the critics. The average grade on Yahoo! Movies from the critics was however a D- and from the Yahoo! Users, a D. Rotten Tomatoes ranked the film 4th in the 100 worst reviewed films of the 2000s, with a rating of 0%.
[edit] Cast
- Anthony Anderson — Malcolm King
- Jay Mohr — Corey
- Kellita Smith — Renee King
- 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 Holland
