Ransom (1997)

Cheery Ron Howard isn't a director you'd associate with turning the screws until it hurts, but he makes a fair fist of this one. Ransom offers strong characters, neat set-pieces, convincing central performances and an intriguing plot - two men playing chicken with the life of a small boy (the curiously named Brawley Nolte, son of Nick). Ransom won't be lighting the world's blue touchpaper, but it's a good, solid movie - in other words, just what we've come to expect of the erstwhile Richie Cunningham.

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