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Man on Fire's solid action and top-shelf cast are undone by a relentlessly grim story that gets harder to take the longer it goes on. Read critic reviews
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Movie Info
In a Mexico City wracked by a recent wave of kidnappings, ex-CIA operative John Creasy (Denzel Washington) reluctantly accepts a job as a bodyguard for 9-year-old Lupita (Dakota Fanning), the daughter of wealthy businessman Samuel Ramos (Marc Anthony). Just as Creasy begins to develop a fondness for the young girl, a bloodthirsty gunman (Jesús Ochoa) kidnaps her. Now, Creasy must pick off a succession of corrupt cops and criminals to reach his ultimate object of vengeance.
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Rating: R (Strong Violence)
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Genre: Crime, Drama
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Original Language: English
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Director: Tony Scott
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Producer: Arnon Milchan, Lucas Foster, Tony Scott
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Writer: Brian Helgeland
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Release Date (Theaters): wide
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Release Date (Streaming):
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Box Office (Gross USA): $77.9M
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Runtime:
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Distributor: 20th Century Fox
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Production Co: Regency Enterprises, Fox 2000 Pictures, Scott Free Productions, New Regency Pictures
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Sound Mix: Dolby SR, DTS, Surround
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Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)
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Strictly okay. I decided to watch it after watching its Bollywood version and I'm sure that the majority would disagree, but it fared relatively well than this.
flixster f Super Reviewer -
In this revenge fantasy Denzel goes after a group of Mexican kidnappers. But of course, he is ex-CIA, ex-Special Forces, ex-whatever flavor-of-the-month these films seem to favor to justify death dealing in new and inventive ways and on a larger-than-humanly-possible scale, like in the old Hercules movies where ol'muscley Herc would break free of 20 guys by merely shaking them off. This fantasy must have some audience traction cause they just keep making them. This one stands out thanks to cool shaky cam editing tricks and a swell performance by engaging young Dakota Fanning as John Wick's puppy, the rationale for the rampaging to surely come. Denzel is as implacable as all these retreads are portrayed as being: "I don't want to kill and maim them, but they force me to".
kevin w Super Reviewer -
So much room for improvement with that revenge montage...
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Another very underrated Tony Scott film staring the much loved Denzel Washington, It Is a film of two halves, The first half is slow in places but the chemistry between Denzel and Dakota was brilliant and watching them build a bond was a very nice touch, Then when the inevitable happened the film got much darker and went very violent as it turns into a revenge movie, The action was good, The plot twists were predictable but apart from that it's brilliantly acted and deserved way more praise from critics.
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