King's Ransom (film)
- Anthony Anderson: Malcolm King
- Donald Faison: Andre
- Regina Hall: Peaches Clarck
- Jay Mohr: Corey
- Loretta Devine: Miss Gladys
- Kellita Smith: Renee King
- Nicole Ari Parker: Angela Drake
- Leila Arcieri: Kim Baker
- Brooke D' Orsay Brooke Mayo
- Charles Q. Murphy: Herb Clarck
- Martin Thibaudeau: Agent Handsome
- Roger R. Cross: Byron
Who kidnapped Mr. King? is an American comedy film directed by Jeffrey W. Byrd from the year 2005. Starring Anthony Anderson played as Malcolm King.
The film premiered on 21 April 2005 in the U.S. premiere. In Germany he appeared on 21 April 2006 on DVD.
Action
Malcolm King is the rich, narcissistic CEO of marketing agency " King Industries ", which is inconsiderate and selfish towards its employees and others. When his wife Renee for divorce, his world seems to be in order. As soon as she revealed to him, however, she had to make the most of the assets per se, and King is informed by his lawyer that written by him valentine card with the wording " ... everything that I've built, I 've done for you ... " his wife were right about this, he decides to take drastic measures to secure his possession.
He plans his abduction by the relevant convicted brother Herb his beloved fake Peaches. The extorted in this manner ransom of 10 million U.S. dollars to thereby reduce the amount that would be awarded Renee.
Meanwhile plan without his knowledge other people also Kings kidnapping. Angela, a passed over for a promotion employees of King, whose kidnapping plans to take revenge on him. In their plans two other colleagues are inaugurated. Regardless of the three employees Corey also wants to kidnap King in order to pay off the $ 10,000 to his half-sister, giving her is guilty.
Since his kidnapping victim Herb King does not know personally, he accidentally kidnapped Andre, one of King's employees, the one beloved against masquerading as King, to flay her impression. Meanwhile, King is kidnapped by Renee's pool boy Byron. As Angela, however, has manipulated Kings sedan, the engine is on a short drive away. The three women overwhelm and take Byron King in their vehicle over. After a short time her car will be driven by Corey of the road, which brings King into his power and hidden in the basement of the house of his grandmother, where he resides at the same time. Only after a few days King is clear that he was actually kidnapped. In his attempt to escape, he meets in the hall of the house to his wife, who is Corey followed to the hideout. Both are captivated by her abductor in the basement and spend some time together, in which they talk and get closer to each other again.
Corey is recognized on the street by Angela and their assistants. After a short time the police stands in front of the house of Corey's grandmother, freed the couple king and takes Corey and Angela firmly.
Malcolm and Renee cancel their divorce and move back together, only to be ultimately at six months but not divorced.
Background
Start of shooting was 13 April 2004.
The budget of the film is estimated at 15 million U.S. dollars. On the opening weekend, he played in the U.S. with 1,508 copies of 2,137,685 U.S. dollars. Until May 22, 2005 Gross income of 3,998,889 dollars were recorded in the United States. In the U.S., he played a total of 4,008,527 U.S. dollars, the world he came on revenue of 4,143,652 U.S. dollars. After the film was premiered on 21 April 2005, he was taken on 2 June 2005 after just 42 days back from the cinema.
Filming locations for the movie were, inter alia, Chicago, Los Angeles and the Canadian Montréal.
Criticism
The film is among one of the few films that received a score of 0% at Rotten Tomatoes platform.
Most movie reviews turned out quite negative.
" Embarrassing, silly and boring. [ ... ] Bottom Drawer, only good for three laughs. "
A very positive review comes from Philipp Fankhauser.
" " Who kidnapped Mr. King? "Is a hugely entertaining comedy with many funny deposits and successful situation comedy. Anthony Anderson plays his part very sympathetic, but sometimes acts unfortunately somewhat implausible. The story is generally a comedy surprisingly constructed a comprehensive and multi-faceted, contains massive interwoven events and reminded of the complexity ago allocate to " Oceans Eleven ." A compliment to Wayne Conley's first screenplay. "