King's Ransom (2005)

Directed by

Jeffrey W. Byrd

Genre

comedy film, crime film

Country

United States, Canada

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

4.9 of 10 from 59 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy businessman tries to stage his own kidnapping to avoid a divorce settlement but his plan goes wrong when others want the ransom money. The story follows the chaos that erupts among the greedy characters.

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What happens

King's Ransom is a 2005 American black comedy film directed by Jeffrey W. Byrd and written by Wayne Conley. It stars Anthony Anderson, Jay Mohr, Kellita Smith, Regina Hall, Donald Faison, Nicole Ari Parker, Charlie Murphy, Loretta Devine, Brooke D'Orsay, and Leila Arcieri. The film was released in the United States on April 22, 2005, and was a critical and commercial bomb. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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