Man on Fire
by Tony Scott
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Actor: Christopher Walken, Dakota Fanning, Denzel Washington, Marc Anthony, Radha MitchellDirector: Tony Scott
Brand: WASHINGTON,DENZEL
Producer: Arnon Milchan
Producer: Conrad Hool
Producer: Don Ferrarone
Producer: James W. Skotchdopole
Producer: Lance Hool
Writer: A.J. Quinnell
Writer: Brian Helgeland
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.40:1
Running Time: 146 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-09-14
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
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Movie Reviews of Man on Fire
Movie Review: Good movie, didn't like the ending though
Summary: 4 Stars
I didn't like the ending, so I only gave it 4 stars. I figured this would the "happy ending" movie, but it wasn't. Warning: this movie probably shouldn't be watched by those under 13.
Summary of Man on Fire
Hard-drinking, burnt-out ex-CIA operative John Creasy (Washington) has given up on life--until his friend Rayburn (Oscar winner Christopher Walken) gets him a job as a bodyguard to nine-year-old Pita Ramos (Dakota Fanning). Bit by bit, Creasy begins to reclaim his soul, but when Pita is kidnapped, Creasy unleashes a firestorm of apocalyptic vengeance against everyone responsible.Style trumps substance in Man on Fire, a slick, brooding reunion of Crimson Tide star Denzel Washington and director Tony Scott. The ominous, crime-ridden setting is Mexico City, where a dour, alcoholic warrior with a mysterious Black Ops past (Washington) seeks redemption as the devoted bodyguard of a lovable 9-year-old girl (the precociously gifted Dakota Fanning), then responds with predictable fury when she is kidnapped. Prolific screenwriter Brian Helgeland (Mystic River, L.A. Confidential) sets a solid emotional foundation for Washington's tormented character, and Scott's stylistic excess compensates for a distended plot that's both repellently violent and viscerally absorbing. Among Scott's more distracting techniques is the use of free-roaming, comic-bookish subtitles... even when they're unnecessary! Adapted from a novel by A.J. Quinnell and previously filmed as a 1987 vehicle for Scott Glenn, Man on Fire is roughly on par with Scott's similar 1990 film Revenge, efficiently satisfying Washington's incendiary bloodlust under a heavy blanket of humid, doom-laden atmosphere. --Jeff Shannon
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