Rating: R
Genre:
Action
Theatrical Release: 04/21/2004(USA
Release Date: 09/14/2004
SubTitles: English/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French/Espanol
Sound: DD5.1/DDS/DTS
Run Time: 146 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Not For Children, Adult Language, Children in Peril
Distributor/Studio: 20th Century Fox
A man whose ideals have been shattered for the last time is out for violent justice in this
thriller.
Creasy (
Denzel Washington) is a former United State intelligence agent-turned-mercenary who has seen too much of the violence and corruption in the world and has become jaded and withdrawn.
Creasy is hired to act as a bodyguard for
Lupita (nicknamed
"Pita", played by (
Dakota Fanning), a ten-year-old girl whose wealthy family (a Mexican father and American mother) currently lives in Mexico City, where kidnapping has become a near epidemic. While watching over
Pita,
Creasy becomes fond of the girl, and finds himself regaining some of his faith in humanity. But things take an ugly turn when
Pita is abducted by gunmen who shoot
Creasy and leave him to die in the streets. Enraged beyond reason,
Creasy recovers and sets out to find the men responsible for kidnapping
Pita, no matter who he has to kill along the way.
Man on Fire is based on a novel by
A.J. Quinnell, which was previously filmed in 1987 with
Scott Glenn as
Creasy.
Christopher Walken,
Radha Mitchell,
Giancarlo Giannini, and
Mickey Rourke highlight the supporting cast for this remake.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
