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-Harrison
Ford
-Virginia
Madsen
Jack
Stanfield
(Harrison
Ford)
is
an
average
family
man
in
Seattle
who
heads
up
the
hi-tech
security
team
at
his
local
bank.
But
following
a
seemingly
trivial
case
of
identity
theft,
Jack's
life
is
turned
upside-down
when
he
discovers
that
his
wife
(Virginia
Madsen)
and
two
kids
have
been
kidnapped.
The
ransom?
A
mere
$100
million,
which
the
kidnappers,
led
by
Bill
Cox
(Paul
Bettany),
want
Jack
to
obtain
for
them
via
his
expert
computer
skills.
Initially
compliant,
Jack
is
soon
irked
by
Cox
and
his
cronies
to
the
point
where
he
decides
to
get
his
family
back
and
bring
the
bad
guys
to
justice.
British
Director
Richard
Loncraine
(WIMBLEDON)
uses
this
basic
premise
to
orchestrate
a
number
of
frantic
set-pieces,
while
Ford
concocts
a
character
similar
to
his
take
on
Dr.
Richard
Kimble
in
THE
FUGITIVE.
With
a
mouthful
of
computer
jargon
and
nimble
fingers
that
tumble
frantically
over
a
keyboard
whenever
he's
in
front
of a
computer,
Ford's
character
is
an
unlikely
action
hero.
Meanwhile,
Bettany's
bad
guy
gives
subtly
sinister
instructions
in
his
clipped
British
accent,
Robert
Forster
(JACKIE
BROWN)
provides
a
likeable
if
underused
ally
for
Ford,
and
Madsen
slots
neatly
into
her
wife-in-peril
role.
As
the
film
builds
to
an
explosive
climax
Loncraine
dumps
the
gadgets
and
carves
out
a
delirious
romp
through
action-movie
conventions,
ultimately
infusing
an
old-fashioned
story
with
a
twist
of
21st-century
techno-fear.
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