Main specs
Actor(s): Harrison Ford, Virginia Madsen, Alan Arkin, Paul Bettany
Director(s): Richard Loncraine
Genre: Action & Adventure
Classification: 12 years and over
Production Year: 2006
Running Time: 1 hour 44 minutes
Video Category: Feature Film
Plot: A security officer in a bank is blackmailed by ruthless kidnappers; he must use his expert computer skills to steal $100 million in exchange for the safe release of his wife and kids.
Release details
DVD Region: Region B
Studio(s): WARNER HOME VIDEO; CINRAM LOGISTICS
Release date: 20/11/2006
Catalogue No: BD 82947
Barcode: 7321900829472
Languages
Main Language: English
Technical information
Sound: Dolby Digital
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Listed on Ciao since : 12/11/2006
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DVD Description
Jack Stanfield (Harrison Ford) is an average family man in Seattle who heads up the hi-tech security team at his local bank. But following a seemingly trivial case of identity theft, Jack's life is turned upside-down when he discovers that his wife (Virginia Madsen) and two kids have been kidnapped. The ransom? A mere 100 million dollars, which the kidnappers, led by Bill Cox (Paul Bettany), want Jack to obtain for them via his expert computer skills. Initially compliant, Jack is soon irked by Cox and his cronies to the point where he decides to get his family back and bring the bad guys to justice. British Director Richard Loncraine (WIMBLEDON) uses this basic premise to orchestrate a number of frantic set-pieces, while Ford concocts a character similar to his take on Dr. Richard Kimble in THE FUGITIVE. With a mouthful of computer jargon and nimble fingers that tumble frantically over a keyboard whenever he's in front of a computer, Ford's character is an unlikely action hero. Meanwhile, Bettany's bad guy gives subtly sinister instructions in his clipped British accent, Robert Forster (JACKIE BROWN) provides a likeable if underused ally for Ford, and Madsen slots neatly into her wife-in-peril role. As the film builds to an explosive climax Loncraine dumps the gadgets and carves out a delirious romp through action-movie conventions, ultimately infusing an old-fashioned story with a twist of 21st-century techno-fear.
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