Man on Fire review
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Tony Scott |
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aelst's review
Creasy (Denzel Washington) is hired as a bodyguard to protect a little girl, because rich people's kids are kidnapped all the time in Mexico City. Their relationship starts off cold but they grow to like each other. I was getting impatient waiting for the kidnapping scene (as shown in the trailer) to happen. When it does, he only kills 4 people then gets hurt. After he recovers, he becomes enraged and goes on a rampage in Mexico City, killing all those responsible. His long time friend, played by Christopher Walken, has plenty of cheesy comments about how cool Creasy is. It seemed as if this movie was trying to be serious and dramatic, and although Denzel Washington is a good actor, the actions of his character are just stupid.
The torture methods he uses are amusing enough, and worth waiting for. The investigation side of the story made the movie feel like a drawn out TV episode of the investigation genre.
2 out of 5 stars
ratbag's review
As "Man on Fire" was directed by the other Scott brother (Tony, not Ridley), the same director who gave us "Top Gun", "True Romance" and "Days of Thunder", I suspected that the movie was not going to be too strong on character development, and would feature mind-numbing action.
I was partially right. The film has some character development initially, and carefully builds the relationship between Creasy and Pita. However, after Pita's kidnap, it spirals into a hazy mess of revenge killings.
The actors were all good in their roles, and the setting reflected the humid and chaotic backdrop of Mexico City. However, it felt just like an average action movie, except with better actors and not as many bad lines.