Generic hip-hop soundtrack? Check. Aerial stock footage of milieu? Check. Hardy-har homophobia and misogyny? Check. Emasculated sub-Gump white dude played by Jay Mohr? Double check. That's right, King's Ransom is the latest ''urban'' comedy, starring the now-ubiquitous Anthony Anderson as Chicago marketing mogul Malcolm King, a jackass with plenty of enemies. In the course of staging his own kidnapping to avoid a divorce settlement, something goes very wrong. Get out! The script — basically an improv scene sprawling to feature length — is as oddly paced and loose as infant stool.
Image credit: KING'S RANSOM: Takashi Seida
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EW's GRADE
D+Details Release Date: Apr 22, 2005; Rated: PG-13; Length: 95 Minutes; Genre: Comedy; With: Anthony Anderson; Distributor: New Line Cinema
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