KING'S RANSOM

Year: 2005
USA: New Line Cinema
Cast: Anthony Anderson, Jay Mohr, Kellita Smith, Nicole Parker, Regina Hall, Loretta Devine, Donald Faison, Leila Arcieri, Brooke D'Orsay, Charlie Murphy, Glenn Bang, Jennifer Byrd, Larry Day, Ilona Elkin, Dean Patrick Fleming, Ingrid Hart Jonathan Krespil David Michie, Martin Thibaudeau, Randy Thomas
Director: Jeff Byrd
Country: USA
USA Rated: PG-13 for crude and sexual humor and language
USA Release Date: 22 April 2005

Synopsis

Everybody wants a piece of Malcolm King...

A successful and wealthy businessman, with plenty of attitude to spare, Malcolm (Anthony Anderson) has made more than his share of enemies over the years, including his soon-to-be ex-wife (Kellita Smith) and his overworked, under-appreciated employees.

Not wanting to go through a messy and expensive divorce played out in the media, Malcolm devises a plan to save his money from his wife's eager hands. Along with the help of his mistress, Peaches (Regina Hall), Malcolm plots his own kidnapping in order to secure a fictitious ransom so extremely high that, once paid, the public will think he's broke and unable to meet his wife's financial demands.

But unbeknownst to Malcolm, he's not the only one with a kidnapping plan. Not only his wife, but one of his long-suffering employees (Nicole Parker) and a dim-witted local bumpkin (Jay Mohr), have all cooked up separate schemes of their own, each more ridiculous than the next. What results is a wild, comedic ride for Malcolm that will change his life forever.