A financially desperate salaryman teams up with his friend to kidnap a rich girl to make a quick buck. But then he gets a call and learns that his own daughter has been kidnapped as well.
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A financially desperate salaryman teams up with his friend to kidnap a rich girl to make a quick buck. But then he gets a call and learns that his own daughter has been kidnapped as well.
2006-11-02
5.6
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