Man on Fire
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Movie Reviews of Man on Fire
Movie Review: Don't miss this movie!!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I will give this movie 5 stars because I am not a huge film critic like some people on this forum. Denzel creates an unforgettable character in "Man on Fire." It is very fun to watch his neromous facial expressions on the screen. I remember saying, "Man hes good!" throughout the whole movie. I don't think he will win an Oscar for this role because it didn't seem like he created a very believable and realistic character. It almost seemed like he was "over doing" it at some points. After watching "Monster" with charlize theron in her Oscar winning performance, you beleived in the character, like the camera wasn't even there. It didn't quite work for Denzel in this movie. Don't let this discourage you from seeing the movie, the acting by Washington is first rate and it is an awsome movie experience. Surprisingly the movie did not have many action scenes but the way the movie keeps you on the edge of your seat, it not even noticable!! I've enjoyed this movie so much, I actually went to BlockBuster right after the movie and I rented an older movie starring Denzel Washington. This is now one of my top 10 movies of all time now. Its been about a month now and I can't stop thinking about this movie or that name, John Creasy. Go see this great movie and be sure to tell all your friends about Review: DENZEL ON FIRE!!!!!Summary: 5 Stars I had just recently seen The Punisher (which was excellent). This movie I feel was very much in the same vein as The Punisher. Sure there are differences between the two. If you liked The Punisher there is a chance you won't like this. Now to get to what I thought of this film. This was an awesome movie with excellent acting (mostly). Denzel Washington was awesome and was pretty much the whole movie, but I felt Christopher Walken was underused here. He wasn't in the movie very much, and his character had very little importance. Dakota Fanning was also very good (when isn't she though). She is such a good actress, and is so young.
Now to the plot of the film. Creasy (Washington) is a burnt out acholic who travels down to Mexico City to visit his friend Rayburn (Walken). Rayburn tells him of a job involing protecting Samuel Ramos' (Marc Anthony) daughter Pinta(Fanning). At first Creasy is very serious and unsocial, but then begins to care for the girl. Once she is kidnapped it causes serious problems.
In closing this movie is awesome (I've said this like three times now). Denzel Washington is excellent (wow is there an echo). Tony Scott (director) sure knows his movies (check out Enemy of the State or Spy Game). GO SEE THIS MOVIE IT'S ON FIRE!!
Movie Review: Tony Scott painted himself a masterpiece.
Summary: 5 Stars
Though certainly not one of the greatest films ever made its still a great film. Denzel deserves an oscar nom but i think Jesus will win, Dakota is also very good in this movie and might get herself a nom, just goes to show kids CAN ACT. The story is well done and the dialogue is great. The style is original and adds a little more to the movie(though sometimes that zooming and spazing get a little annoying), the music is sometimes off for the mood of the scene but doesn't take too much away from the feel, its also very powerful because the relastionship between creasy bear and pita is heartwarming and the ending is also very sad, its got some very funny humor early on to show how they grow on eachother, but soon things get serious. Don't expect some big huge action sequence, there are some creative killings and some explosions but thats about all the action. Mostly its a charater drama, a well done one, and for that i think it deserves some oscar noms, i give it a 9 out of a 10, the spaztic camera use and some of the music could have been worked on, but other then that its a brilliant movie. If you want some good quotes for when your pissed watch this movie, and Kill Bill which is alittle better(more entertaining overall), but there both incredible movies.Movie Review: One Fierce Redemption
Summary: 5 Stars
Denzel Washington is great actor. He gets a lot of work and sometimes the films he appears in just aren't up to his talent. My favorite roles that I've seen are GLORY, MALCOLM X and TRAINING DAY (I believe he won Oscars for two and was nominated for the third).
Now I'm going to add MAN ON FIRE to that list. He's great in it. He plays a haunted Black OPS hitman who ends every day with a Bible and a bottle of Jack Daniels...and a gun. Christopher Walken arranges for him to be the bodyguard for a little girl in Mexico City, the kidnapping capital of the world. Just as the little girl--who definitely isn't overplayed as a precocious tot (Dakota Fanning is wonderful too)--is showing Denzel how to live and connect and care again, boom, she's kidnapped. And the movie is off and running.
Tony Scott's stylistical flourishes keep the movie moving, and the intelligent script throws a few curves as Denzel tears through the underbelly of Mexico to get at anyone who had anything to do with the kidnapping. If you're a fan of Denzel, there's a lot to love here in his performance.
Great cast includes Mickey Rourke and the actor who played Mathis in CASINO ROYALE and QUANTUM OF SOLACE.
Movie Review: Fast paced, engaging story, and great acting
Summary: 5 Stars
Man on Fire, with actor Denzel Washington playing "a burned-out ex-CIA operative/assassin," is surprisingly good. Not that I wouldn't or shouldn't expect that level of performance from Washington, but that this was a good role for him, and he performs well. This certainly would not have been a role for Sylvester Stallone or Vin Diesel! In Man on Fire, a related series of kidnappings in Mexico City leads everybody who can afford it to hire a bodyguard. Washington plays John Creasy, a bodyguard to nine-year old Pita Ramos. As you might expect, Pita is kidnapped, and there is the movie.
The cinematography is excellent, the directing intentionally choppy at times for (great) effect, and the plot makes sense, from the quid pro quo relationship of the top cop with the top reporter to how Creasy is so comfortable about weapons.
My two complaints? I have no knowledge of the adventures of Creasy before he shows up on the scene. The director teases the viewer with this! Also, the actor playing industrialist Samuel Ramos seems miscast here... too young looking, too immature, and too much time hanging around at home.
Rated R for violence. The bad guys get what's coming to them.