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The movie is a Jim Henson production of Robert Louis Stevenson's seafaring novel, Treasure Island, with a full cast of Muppets and pals.  The musical score, starting from the first note of the opening song, is a wide, elaborate and classy orchestral piece that would be at ease in any major motion picture and then totally crashes down into Muppet-land.  Muppet music is great, mind you, but the opening piece is classic.

Miss Piggy's entrance is suitably exotic and catchy.

Got kids?  I'm sure you've seen this.  If not, get it.

Gonzo:  On a five year mission, going where no man has ever gone before.  Hey, that's catchy.

Gonzo:  Wow! What an exit!  Flying through a brick wall!

Kermit:  I'm sorry.  I got cold feet.
Miss Piggy:  You're a frog.  You are supposed to have cold feet.

Kermit: Don't cry for me Benjamina.

 

While Conspiracy Theory is my favorite Mel Gibson flick, this rates probably second.  Mel plays the rich executive Tom Mullen who's son is kidnapped for ransom.

In the beginning you get that Tom is too busy for family.  That his "2000 employee" company has to come first.  This is surely a problem for him, but he feels that in the overall scheme of things that prioritizing the business is better for his family overall.

When his son Sean is kidnapped, Tom's outlook changes.  He's frantic.  Maybe even more so than his wife.  He's running around like a chicken with its head cut off trying to let the cops do their job.  A slight problem I have with the film is that the lead cop, Agent Lonnie Hawkins, gives you the distinct feeling that he is a mule--that he is in on it.  Maybe it's just other roles that Delroy Lindo has done, or his mannerisms, but I always feel like he's in on it.  But it's that kind of grab you and hold on tension that makes this such a good movie.

After a botched ransom drop, Tom starts to balk.  He realizes that even if he pays he may never see Sean again.  Tensions raise between Tom and his wife, who sees Tom's actions as endangering her son.

Tom turns the 2 Million dollar ransom into a 4 Million dollar reward on the head of the kidnappers and everyone starts turning on everyone, including his wife.

Tensions keep building until the last bullet fires.  A definite "see" and a "see again and again."