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.
Malcolm King (Anderson) is a wealthy, selfish, obnoxious businessman who is about to divorce from 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 to stage a mock kidn...
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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.
Malcolm King (Anderson) is a wealthy, selfish, obnoxious businessman who is about to divorce from 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 to stage a mock kidnapping. They are to make and receive 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 half-sister.
King's Ransom was a disaster at the box office and received almost unanimously negative reviews from the critics. The film only took in approximately four million US dollars at the box office in just over a month....
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