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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Rating:  318 reviews
Sales Rank: 1167
Format: Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, NTSC, Widescreen
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
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
BURNT-OUT EX-CIA OPERATIVE JOHN CREASY IS HIRED TO PROTECT THE YOUNG DAUGHTER OF A WEALTHY FAMILY IN MEXICO CITY. BUT WHEN THE LITTLE GIRL IS KIDNAPPED, CREASY UNLEASHES A FIRESTORM OF RELENTLESS VENGEANCE AGAINST THOSE RESPONSIBLE.
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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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 Man On Fire February 8, 2010
Dawn H. Webster
Fast shipping/great price and excellent packaging. I would buy from this seller again. Thanks!
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).
Man on Fire December 26, 2009
Arnita D. Brown (USA)
This heart-wrenching story is a must see. Man on Fire has action and adventure with elements of thriller. This movie is great! Denzel Washington gives a worthy performance.
Heart-wrenching fast-paced thriller October 18, 2009
:::DIGITAL BABE::: (East Coast)
I viewed this on a 42" Panasonic Plasma and BD35 Player. Transfer is a 4/5 on PQ and 4/5 on AQ. This will probably take its place among my favorite Denzel Washington films. While it is highly stylized in shooting style, the story and relationship between him and the little girl and his redemption made this an above average thriller. Dakota and Denzel are outstanding, and this film is a nailbaiting rollercoaster ride to the end. Highly recommended.
 Over-the-top violence with a bloated-looking Denzel October 1, 2009
Guillermo Torres (Heart of Aztlan)
1 out of 13 found this review helpful
Really though. An American becomes a bodyguard for a 9-year-old girl and in a matter of days he is devoted to her. So devoted that, when she dies at the hands of kidnappers, Washington goes on a killing rampage in Mexico City. Of course, Denzel zips around Mexico City like he's a native. He buys weapons like he's a native. In a matter of hours he's found the killers and the manipulators.
This is truly the Ugly American in Mexico City.
He is withdrawn and surly. He is reluctant to talk. He broods and drinks. Why doesn't he just go back to his native New Jersey where there is no violence, no bad guys and no one worth saving? Where there are no crooked cops?
Here is the problem with this story/film: there is a heavy element of racism. A dead American necessitates the killing of countless Mexicans. Bad guys, yes, but killed in the streets. He's the judge and executioner. And in heinous ways. So what makes Denzel's character any better? Well, he has miliary op training, so that gives him a license to kill. Especially "foreigners" in their own country.
So, what are the prospects of sparks between the mom, played by Radha Mitchell, and Washington? There is a moment in the movie when it seems possible, but then I thought back to Washington's quotes years back that indicated he would not kiss a white woman on the screen, saying Hollywood does not make black women desireable on the silver screen, I just knew that would not happen.
And he once told Will Smith to NEVER kiss a man on the silver screen. So there goes the chance of sparks between he and Marc Anthony, who plays the dad.
As to Dakota Fanning, the movie makes her into am adult child.
She talks and flirts like a 20-year-old. Her vocabulary is excellent. She has wisdom of a 50-year-old. In other words a child who is not believable. And it is creepy the way Fanning flirts with Washington.
This film has one thing going for it. Extreme violence: Explosions. Knifings. Gunfire. Mutilations. It's a great film for 20-year-olds who like never-ending violence.
And what's with the bloated Denzel Washington? Did he gain 30 pounds to be the alcoholic he acts out? Does he need more fiber in his diet to ease his inner turmoil?
Like I said, maybe his character needs to go back to Jersey. But when he bonds with another child and if that child is hurt, will he go on a killing spree in jersey to avene that death? hardly.
See the movie for yourself. It's slick but in the final analysis, lacking substance, meaning and reason.
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