In the action-thriller movie event of the year, superstar Mel Gibson is Tom Mullen, a wealthy executive, whose charmed life is suddenly shattered when his young son is abducted and held for ransom by a gang of ruthless criminals! That's when Mullen defies the experts and takes matters into his own hands…boldly turning the tables on the kidnappers in a last-chance effort to rescue the boy. RANSOM pays off big with unpredictable twists and unstoppable excitement.