King's Ransom (2005)

Anthony Anderson has built a career by creating likable supporting performances in mediocre movies from Urban Legends: Final Cut to Kangaroo Jack to Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London. So he probably leapt on King's Ransom as an opportunity to show his star potential, surrounded by a good cast, including Jay Mohr (Jerry Maguire), Nicole Parker (Soul Food), Loretta Devine (Woman Thou Art Loosed), and Regina Hall (Scary Movie). Regrettably, all King's Ransom shows is why Anderson ended up in so many mediocre movies in the first place: Poor judgment. This contrived comedy about a business mogul who has himself kidnapped to wriggle out of a divorce settlement--only, what a surprise, his plans go awry and hijinks ensue--is one long series of clumsy, unoriginal, and just unfunny scenes that barely connect into a plot. It's a movie that seems to have been made as a tax write-off. Also featuring Kellita Smith (The Bernie Mac Show) and Donald Faison (Scrubs). --Bret Fetzer Amazon.com

It was funny sometimes, but not enough times

I happened to be passing through the channels on cable and came across this movie and saw Anthony and decided to watch. All I can say is Thank Goodness I saw this on cable. It had a few funny scenes like when Anthony was bossy to Jay, but most of the movie didn't make any sense. I mean what are the odds of 3 people thinking of kidnapping somebody on the same night, especially since one of the culprits was himself. Too farfetched and not funny enough to be given more than 2 stars. Sorry Anthony. January 29, 2007

deserves no stars........this movie was garbage

This is one of the worst movies I've seen. It's supposed to be a comedy but this movie was sooooooooo stupid it wasn't even funny. It's basically about a rich guy who has his own company, I think it's called King Enterprises. Almost everyone thinks he's arrogant and three female employees plan to kidnap him which I thought was so stupid. Then the rich guy (played by Anthony Anderson) and his wife are going through a divorce. So to prevent her from getting all his assets and money he plans his own kidnapping not knowing that his soon to be ex-wife plans to kidnap him as well.

I literally had to force myself to watch this movie. It was so dumb it hardly kept my interest. The way the movie was produced it seemed like a retarded person wrote and directed the movie. The overall concept of the movie didn't make sense at all. I was surprised at this movie. It had an all-star cast but this film totally bombed. If you like black comedies I definately don't recommed that you see this movie.

This movie was just horrible. As I was watching it I expected it to get better but it just got worse. As I said AVOID THIS MOVIE, it is a complete waste of time. May 8, 2006

"A Noire Comedy"

2/09/06 Although it was a "spoof" on black culture(at the corporate level)(with a Caucasian Alzheimer granny & her confused Causian grandson thrown in for good measure) and it had no redeeming values (unless if one looked for the subtle messages) , due to an excellent acting cast/crew lead by Anthony Anderson & a few of its "this can't be happening scenes" ,it's worth the viewing. February 9, 2006

You Definetly Need To Skip This At All Costs

I have never seen this movie and I can tell you for a fact that there's nothing funny about it. When you have to rely on a Bobby Brown joke to make people laugh, you know you're in trouble. I remember seeing the previews of this movie, thinking to myself,"I wouldn't waste my money on that! All the funny scenes were just shown in the preview!" Then again, the scenes weren't really that hilarious. So take it from someone who hasn't watched this flop of a film: This so-called comedy is not worth the time and money. December 27, 2005

Funny moments

While this movie could not be considered wildly funny it did have funny moments.

Unfortunately the funny moments could not be strung together well enough to make for a funny movie.

The plot, a man arranging his own kidnapping, that goes awry is a good starting point.

However from there the execution goes downhill. October 14, 2005

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