“Billionaire Ransom” (** out of four) was a predictable and routine action drama focusing on two rich kids (Phoebe Tonkin and Dominic Sherwood) who survive a near-fatal car wreck and are sent by their wealthy parents to an exclusive boot camp on a remote island which is overtaken by terrorists who hold them (and the rest of the camp) hostage and havoc ensues. Potentially fun story has echoes of “Die Hard” and “Toy Soldiers” but doesn’t have enough thrills, action, or firepower to give it any distinction. A mediocre effort from the otherwise solid director Jim Gillespie who in better days directed “I Know What You Did Last Summer.”

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