Who is kidnapping Mr. King?

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Movie
German title Who is kidnapping Mr. King?
Original title King's Ransomware
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2005
length 94 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Jeffrey W. Byrd
script Wayne Conley
production Darryl Taja
music Marcus Miller ,
Luce Gordon
camera Robert McLachlan
cut Jeffrey Cooper
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Who is kidnapping Mr. King? is an American comedy film of Jeffrey W. Byrd from the year 2005 . Anthony Anderson plays the leading role as Malcolm King.

The film premiered in the United States on April 21, 2005 . In Germany it was released on DVD on April 21, 2006 .

action

Malcolm King is the rich, self-loving managing director of the marketing agency "King Industries", who behaves inconsiderately and selfishly towards his employees and fellow human beings. When his wife Renee files for divorce, his world still appears to be all right. As soon as she reveals to him, however, that she is about to take the majority of the property, King is instructed by his legal advisor, the Valentine's card written by him with the wording "... everything I have built, I have done for you ..." if his wife were right on this point, he would decide to take drastic measures to secure his property.

He plans to fake his kidnapping by the relevant criminal brother Herb of his lover Peaches. The US $ 10 million ransom extorted in this way is intended to reduce the portion Renee would be awarded.

Meanwhile, other people are also planning King's abduction without his knowledge. Angela, an employee of King who was passed over in a promotion, plans to kidnap King to seek revenge on him. Two other colleagues are privy to their plans. Regardless of the three employees, Corey also wants to kidnap King in order to be able to pay off his half-sister's $ 10,000 that he owes her.

Since Herb does not know his kidnapping victim King personally, he accidentally kidnaps Andre, one of King's employees, who poses as King to a loved one in order to impress her. Meanwhile, King is kidnapped by Renee's pool boy Byron. However, since Angela has manipulated King's limousine, the engine gives up after a short drive. The three women overpower Byron and take King over to their vehicle. After a short time, however, their vehicle is pushed off the street by Corey, who takes King into his power and hides it in the basement of his grandmother's house, where he also lives. It takes a few days for King to realize that he was actually kidnapped. While trying to escape, he meets his wife in the hallway of the house, who has followed Corey to hiding. Both are tied up in the basement by their kidnapper and spend some time there, talking and getting closer to each other.

Corey is recognized by Angela and her helpers on the street. After a short time, the police stand in front of Corey's grandmother's house, free the King couple and arrest Corey and Angela.

Malcom and Renee annul their divorce and move in again, only to finally get a divorce after six months.

background

The film started shooting on April 13, 2004.

The budget of the film is 15 million dollars estimated. On the opening weekend in the United States, it grossed $ 2,137,685 with 1,508 copies. As of May 22, 2005, the United States had gross revenues of $ 3,998,889. In the USA he made a total of 4,008,527 US dollars, worldwide he had revenues of 4,143,652 US dollars. After the film premiered on April 21, 2005, it was taken out of theaters on June 2, 2005 after just 42 days.

Locations for the film were u. a. Chicago , Los Angeles and Montréal, Canada .

criticism

The film is one of the few films that received a rating of 0% on the Rotten Tomatoes platform .

Most of the film reviews were quite negative.

“Embarrassing, silly and dreary. [...] Bottom drawer, only good for three laughs. "

- cinema.de

A very positive review comes from Philipp Fankhauser.

"" Who kidnaps Mr. King? "Is an extremely entertaining comedy with lots of funny interludes and successful situation comedy. Anthony Anderson plays his part very sympathetically, but unfortunately sometimes seems a bit implausible. The story is generally surprisingly comprehensive and multi-layered for a comedy, contains masses of interwoven events and is reminiscent of " Oceans Eleven " in terms of its complexity . Compliments on Wayne Conley's first script. "

- md-press.com, Philipp Fankhauser

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Certificate of Release for Who Kidnaps Mr. King? Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , February 2006 (PDF; test number: 105 054 V / DVD).
  2. ↑ a b Premiere dates according to the Internet Movie Database
  3. ↑ a b c d budget and box office results according to the Internet Movie Database
  4. ↑ a b boxofficemojo.com
  5. ↑ Locations according to the Internet Movie Database
  6. ↑ uk.rottentomatoes.com
  7. ↑ film review , cinema.de
  8. ↑ movie review , md-press.com, Philipp Fankhauser, May 9, 2006

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