Man on Fire |  | Director: Tony Scott
Actors: Denzel Washington, Christopher Walken, Dakota Fanning, Marc Anthony, Radha Mitchell
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
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Format: Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 146 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 2223965
UPC: 024543139652
EAN: 0024543139652
ASIN: B00005JN0W
Theatrical Release Date: April 23, 2004
Release Date: September 14, 2004
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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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 Excellent! March 9, 2010
J. McFadden (Southeast USA)
Price was good, service was quick, product was as described, positive transaction!!
Denzel gives a powerful performance. Ending was very emotional. Good show!!
"You. What about you? I gotta go." March 9, 2010
J from NY (New York)
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The problem with films like "Man on Fire" which features Denzel Washington as a disillusioned, suicidal/not so semi homicidal ex-mercenery CIA ex everything badass is that they tap into our worst impulses as human beings: the instinct for immediate, bloody revenge. Justice? Nope. Immediate, bloody revenge. Still, one cannot help but be mesmerized by the cinematography and exciting storyline which reminds us, once again, that Mexico City is not a nice place. And despite what the critics of this film might say--hey, maybe they should go visit MC for awhile, not in the polished sections, but in the actual city, come back and leave a few comments. If they survive, of course!
This film starts out as a nightmarish descent into the psyche of a man of who has done very bad things during his life in the service of the U.S. Government, one of the chief flaws being that we never discover exactly what they were or why. Hints are dropped but the theme of "redemption through finger flaying/anal tube bombs" would have worked out a lot better if we knew *who* John Creasy really was before the adorable little Dakota Fanning, daughter of a rich Mexican construction bigwig and a sort of blonde statue of a wife (Radha Mitchell was terrible in this movie, mechanical as Johnny Five with no voice) was kidnapped under his watch as drunk bodyguard. The implications in these movies is that if someone was in the CIA, they must have monstrous MacGyver moves up their sleeves and a lot to regret. I believe the former, since this was made during the reign of Bush/Cheney.
When the girl is taken, what seems to be a straightforward tale of vengeance veers into something much more grisly and mysterious. People are involved who definitely shouldn't be involved a la Jon Benet Ramsey. This fuels Creasy's rage, as puzzles pop up (Mickey Rourke, one of the best actors out there today, helps make the movie playing the family's slimeball lawyer) which point in an unpleasant direction.
Creasy's methods for extracting information are not bashful. They seem expressly designed, in fact, to depersonalize their targets and rob them of their criminal pride, so bad are they. Without screwing up the plot for anyone, though the "hidden ending" about the girl's welfare isn't too hard to understand, this is about a very capable man who feels as though his only reason for living, an innocent with joy the world has yet to take from her, is gone. And worse. What follows is a nightmare with a *tinge* of redemption.
It succeeds. Still, as a nation, we should sometimes wonder what it is that relishes revenge so much and not straight forward redemption. It'd save us a lot of senseless wars.
Man on Fire DVD February 11, 2010
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Man On Fire February 8, 2010
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REVENGE IS A MEAL BEST SERVED COOL February 4, 2010
E. O. Pages (Panama, Rep de Panama)
This is one of the best action movies I have ever seen. I mean this movie have everything that an action movie fan can ask. Man on Fire have good actors (Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, Christopher Walken, Radha Mitchell and Marc Anthony.It also has good lines. For example, an elderly person says: "En la iglesia dicen que hay que perdonar." Creasy (Denzel): "Forgiveness is between them and God. It's my job to arrange the meeting." Creasy: "Revenge is a meal best served cool." In this movie expect a lot of gun fire and revenge. I have seen this movie at least 10 times and I still dont get tired. If you like this movie I also recommend The Keeper (Steven Seagal) and Taken (Liam Neeson).
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