Why are heavyweight talents like Patrick Stewart and Brenda Fricker messing about in a kiddie film like this? To quote Stewart's security expert turned high-tech kidnapper, Ralph Bentley, "Why does anybody do anything in this country? For the
money." Well, there you have it. Bentley's get-rich-quick scheme involves taking over tony Shady Glen prep school, whose students include the treasured offspring of some of American's wealthiest families. Slouching between Bentley and nearly $1 billion in ransom: Ozzie (Vincent Kartheiser),
an adolescent MacGyver-gone-bad who happens to be dropping off his stepsister when the commandos take over. The movie wisely admits...
Released:
1997
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
106 mins