Held for Ransom (2000)

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Country: USA
Genres: Thriller
Release: 2000-11-14
Director: Lee Stanley
Writers: Lois Duncan , Lee Stanley
Language: English
Stars: Dennis Hopper , Zachery Ty Bryan , Kam Heskin , Jordan Brower , Randy Spelling , Tsianina Joelson , Timothy Bottoms , John Getz , Paul Dillon , Charlene Amoia
Runtime: 88 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Omiroi stous valtous (Greece) , Ransom - Le prix à payer (France, French Republic) , Resgate no Pântano (Brazil) , A túszok ára (Hungary) , Secuestrados (Spain) , Ostaggi eccellenti (Italy) , Gisslan (Sweden) , Отвлечени за откуп (Bulgaria) , Held for Ransom , Kidnapped - Tödlicher Sumpf (Germany) , Held for Ransom (Australia) , Заложники (Russian Federation) , Seqüestro do Terror (Brazil) , Porwanie (Poland) , Held for Ransom (United Kingdom) , Ομηροι στους βάλτους (Greece) , Held for Ransom (Netherlands the) , Held for Ransom (United States of America)
Plot: In rural Florida, white trash JD, his wife Rita and their mate John murder a bus driver so they can kidnap five high-school students and demand $250,000 ransom per head. The kids are held captive end constantly threatened by JD and wife in their miserable swamp home in alligator country. The brothers Glenn (a cocky, dumb but popular jock captain) and Bruce (nice and bright) Kirkland and Dexter Martin, neglected son of a penniless Newyorker and the class's boxing-ball, must overcome or at least control their strife to deal with JD's envy-driven abuse. The girls must play in to his adulterous appetite. The ransom is questionable, so a matter of anguish for the parents. Several family secrets play a crucial part in the outcome.
IMDB:tt0214757