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Apr 23, 2004 · Tony Scott's "Man on Fire" employs superb craftsmanship and a powerful Denzel Washington performance in an attempt to elevate genre material above its natural level, but it fails. The underlying story isn't worth the effort.
Apr 21, 2004 · 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 ...
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Man on Fire. Rent Man on Fire on Fandango at Home, Prime Video, or buy it on Fandango at Home, Prime Video. Ex-CIA agent John Creasy (Scott Glenn) is looking for work, but he's burnt...
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Apr 23, 2004 · Denzel Washington stars as a government operative/soldier of fortune who has pretty much given up on life. In Mexico City, he reluctantly agrees to take a job to protect a child (Fanning) whose parents are threatened by a wave of kidnappings.
'Man on Fire' has a haunting and cool music score that really adds to the film and drives the action well. The script has wit and tension. Storytelling, like with the production values, is more problematic.
Apr 23, 2004 · The taciturn man and melancholy girl slowly develop a strong bond... that is utterly shattered the day that Pita is kidnapped and that negotiations are sorely mishandled. "Man on Fire"'s title works against it.
Apr 23, 2004 · Sure you have...we all have...because it's one of Hollywood's biggest, safest cop-outs. Man on Fire is the antithesis of this syndrome – a bold, brash, unapologetically edgy examination of ...
Man on Fire Reviews. All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Keith Garlington Keith & the Movies. At almost two-and-a-half hours the film really needs more meat on its...
Dec 14, 2021 · Review by Nick Clement. Man on Fire. 5. Summary. Bloody and violent but never unnecessarily so, Man on Fire has a mean-streak a mile wide, but also contains, like so many other Scott films, a seriously warm heart and genuine love for the characters within the frame. Man on Fire is one of the best examples of its genre.
8 (22%) Showing 36 Critic Reviews. 88. New York Daily News. Man on Fire, with a best-ever Denzel Washington, is the first (nonreligious) sure thing to hit the multiplex this year. Read More. By Jack Mathews FULL REVIEW. 80. Empire. By no means perfect - a twist in the tale overextends its already lengthy running time - but it is terrific fun.
