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MAN ON FIRE (2004)
Living for the Cinema
English - April 23, 2024 04:00 - 23 minutes - 16 MB - ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsFilm Reviews TV & Film Music Music Commentary movie reviews cinema geoff gershon film actor director score needle drop movie fanatic Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Denzel Washington stars in this intense drama/thriller as Creasey, a sad, alcoholic ex-CIA assassin who finds a new purpose in life as he forms a special friendship with the precocious Pita played by Dakota Fanning. Pita is the daughter of a Mexican industrialist played by Marc Antony who has hired Creasey to serve as a bodyguard since there has been a rash of kidnappings in their area. Tragedy occurs and then Creasey sets off on a brutal mission of revenge where we see his old habits as a trained killer start to manifest themselves. As directed by the late great Tony Scott, this was a film which saw modest success upon initial release twenty years ago but has since gone to grow a significant following.
See below for a link to an alternative ending for this movie as discussed within this review:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5RQWlXoD_s&t=170s
Host & Editor: Geoff Gershon
Producer: Marlene Gershon
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