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Man On Fire
This movie’s plot is based in Mexico, where an ex-CIA agent who is sworn to protect a family, is now on a hunt to avenge people who did wrong to that family.
24 December 1959, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
18 December 1970, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
1970, Mexico City, Mexico
7 February 1984, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
1 November 1958, Bronx, New York, USA
25 September 1960, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
June 21, 2005
A down-and-dirty revenge tale that packs an emotional punch.
March 30, 2005
Visually the film is nice, but the images are in service to a violent and ugly film.
February 25, 2005
Un bon divertissement de masse, non exempt d'intelligence.
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
April 24, 2004
This movie isn't just about a kidnapping; it is a kidnapping, and we're the hostages.
December 25, 2010
Extremely violent; not for kids.
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 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.
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 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.
