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Written by FrontLine Assembly   
Jun 30, 2005 at 10:52 PM
Man on Fire is a movie that came out about a year or so ago and I think got passed over in the movie theatres because it wasn't just another Denzel the hero role. The movie stars Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning and Christopher Walken. It is directed by Tony Scott who also did Crimson Tide. Image
Well this was sort of annoying, I spent a lot of time on a long detailed review of this movie and my session timed out so I will summarize.


The first thing you need to know is this is NOT a happy go lucky, everything turns out great and peachy in the end movie, it is dark and twisted.


Denzel is a drunken has been who gets hired by a family in Mexico to be the bodyguard of their daughter. The husband is broke so he hires this guy due to the fact that hes cheap as he is a drunk. It starts out with Denzel just treating Dakota's character like a package but predictably she grows on him.


Eventually and predictably the daughter gets kidnapped and Denzel (Creasy) gets shot and almost dies. It's a pretty intense shootout but while Denzel is down the family tries to pay ransom however the attempt is botched and they are told the girl was killed. Denzel when he gets better finds out and this is where the fun begins. What happens next I wont go over as it sort of ruins the movie but right when you think the story ends happily it doesnt. It's great and more people should of watched this movie.


The movies actual style is gritty, dark and somewhat stylized. Tony Scott gets extra bonus points for creatively using subtitles throughout the movie, even when they are speaking in english, usually during intense scenes. They arent quite comic book style but they float around a bit. I thought that was a nice touch as it seemed to add to the intensity.


The other great part of this was the score and soundtrack, even though you can't get what was actually played in the movie it was a fairly industrial soundtrack with some tracks by NiN.{mosgoogle left}


If you get a chance rent it, or watch it, it was one of the best movies around last year and as I mentioned before I have seen a ton of movies.

Last Updated ( Jul 03, 2005 at 01:10 AM )

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