Man On Fire
A Tired ex-CIA officer, who is now living a peaceful life, is appointed to provide security to a family. Little did he knew, that they will be harmed by some brutal people, so he is now out on a mission of vengeance.
16 September 1952, Schenectady, New York, USA
17 April 1970, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
23 September 1962, Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico
December 25, 2010
Extremely violent; not for kids.
April 29, 2009
Scott tries too hard to look like Ridley Scott's films with similar and derivative style, and hazy cinematography...
April 26, 2004
I'm recommending Man on Fire for that bold style, its unapologetic comic book story arc, and the great performances from Denzel Washington, Christopher Walken and young Dakota Fanning.
March 30, 2005
Visually the film is nice, but the images are in service to a violent and ugly film.
April 23, 2004
Despite a red-hot performance by Washington as the antiheroic, self-annihilating title character, the film as a whole, while possessing a kind of vicious beauty, feels as cold and as embalmed as a corpse.
April 27, 2004
Intentional or not, Man on Fire's over-the-top evocation of Christian retribution goes a long way to making this otherwise standard revenge fantasy watchable.
April 23, 2004
A predictable, gruesome piece of business that tries to ennoble one-man vigilante justice with the star power of Denzel Washington.
April 24, 2004
This movie isn't just about a kidnapping; it is a kidnapping, and we're the hostages.
May 08, 2009
"Man On Fire" is remake of a notoriously dreadful 1987 movie, based on the same-titled novel by A.J. Quinnell, and it fares little better here with Tony Scott ("Spy Game") directing with a flamboyant use of flashy subtitles and camera techniques lifted f
February 25, 2005
Un bon divertissement de masse, non exempt d'intelligence.
April 29, 2004
Suffice it to say nothing about this pumped-up, hyperthyroidal Tony Scott revenge flick makes sense, but it takes two hours to kill off as many people and demolish as many vehicles as Charles Bronson used to do in 30 minutes.
June 21, 2005
A down-and-dirty revenge tale that packs an emotional punch.
