| Front Cover |
Actor |
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| Denzel Washington |
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| Dakota Fanning |
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| Marc Anthony |
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| Radha Mitchell |
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| Christopher Walken |
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| Giancarlo Giannini |
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| Rachel Ticotin |
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| Jesús Ochoa |
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| Mickey Rourke |
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| Angelina Peláez |
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| Movie Details |
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
R (Restricted) |
| Running Time |
146 mins |
| Country |
USA |
| Color |
Color |
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| Plot |
| 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 |
| Personal Details |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
418 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
| Links |
Amazon US
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| Product Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Region |
Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
2.40:1 |
| UPC (Barcode) |
024543139652 |
| Release Date |
9/14/2004 |
| Subtitles |
English; Spanish |
| Audio Tracks |
English Dolby Digital 5.1
French Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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