Visible crew/equipment: In the early scene, when Mel Gibson is talking to his son, a boom mic can be seen at the top of the screen. (Boom mics drop in several times throughout the film.)
Ransom (1996)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Ron Howard
Starring: Mel Gibson, Liev Schreiber, Gary Sinise, Rene Russo, Brawley Nolte
After Brawley Nolte lives, the kidnapper turns on his team to get the bounty money. When Brawley Nolte is back home, the cop comes to collect. When Brawley Notle hears the cop's voice he wets himself in fear, therefore telling his dad that he was the kidnapper. Afterwards Mel Gibson and Gary Sinise fight and Sinise is killed.
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More mistakes in Ransom
Tom Mullen: So how do I get my son back?
Detective Jimmy Shaker: Are you going to pay me?
Tom Mullen: Of course I am.
Detective Jimmy Shaker: Then it shouldn't be a problem.
Trivia: Evan Handler later played Larry Fine in the TV movie "The Three Stooges," which was produced by Mel Gibson.
Question: After the son has been rescued, there are reports on the TV that investigators do not believe that all suspects have been caught and they do not believe the leader has been caught. Since they believe this, wouldn't they fingerprint the place they were keeping the kid in? How could Gary Sinise explain why his fingerprints are all over the place? He only had a few minutes from the time he radioed in to the time the cops showed up - he couldn't say he left all those prints in that little time.
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Answer: While the police would take fingerprints, it would take a long time to get all the fingerprints to the lab and tested for a match. They probably wouldn't have known whose prints they had at the time of the news broadcast. And even if they knew they had Gary Sinise's prints, they wouldn't automatically suspect him.