Media Meditation: Numero 2- Ransom

Last week I woke up with nothing to do, and watched a personal classic, Ransom. This movie has always been exiting and emotion stirring to me. When I was a little kid my only fear was being kidnapped. The movie Ransom is about an airline mogul Tom Mullen (Mel Gibson) and his wife Kate Mullen (Rene Russo), handling their son being kidnapped. Both Gibson and Russo are extremely famous and awards winners, no matter Mel's breakdowns.

"Someone is going to pay." Movie cover from Ahashare.com

In the movie, the character Tom Mullen is told to pay a ransom for his son. They ask him to pay $2 million. He agrees and highers the FBI to help him handle the situation. After the first drop off goes wrong. Mullen starts brainstorming other ways to get his son back. He decides that instead of paying them for his son, when they might not even get him, he was going to make a bounty. He went on television and told the public whoever finds the kidnappers, they would recieve the $2 million.

Personally, I think Gibson did a great job in this film, along with the other actors in it as well. I have always been a fan of movies involving kidnappings, or family revenge. The scene when Gibson changes his mind and flips the bounty over, gave me goose bumps. It would be extremely difficult to make the decisions in a situation as he is in.

I found this video when searching for a clip. After hearing the tapes Gibson has embarassed himself on with racist rants and threatening his wife, I thought this was entertaining.

If you like movies like Payback, Man On Fire, and even Heat, you would probably enjoy this. It is one that anyone could sit down to and stay focused through out. I recommend it for a rainy day that you want to tune your emotions and view sights into.