Movie Review: Man On Fire
Excellent, excellent movie. Denzel Washington and Dakota Fanning are brilliant, and the story just breaks your heart. Denzel is a tough guy who's pretty much given up on life but is recruited to be her bodyguard. He tells her at one point to forget about being friends, he's only paid to be her bodyguard, but of course, she's Dakota Fanning, and who can resist her? He ends up adoring her. Which of course makes it that much worse when she's kidnapped. He goes on a rampage, vowing to kill every person involved. And, well, yeah.If you like guy movies, it's definitely worth seeing. If you don't like guy movies but can handle violence, it's definitely worth seeing. If you don't like guy movies and can't handle violence, suck it up and see it anyway. It's worth it.
posted by melilotnfosco | 11:28 PM
6 Comments:
I was just thinking about Denzel last night. Ha! That sounds worse than it is! Inside Man was on cable, and I taped it so I can watch it today. He IS handsome. Well worth a violent movie. ;)
Well, and if he's using violence for good (i.e. a girl, and a little one at that), then that's OK. ;) I think I may have seen a tiny bit of this on TV once. I'll have to check it out sometime if I remember...
My husband saw this and then expressly forbade me from watching it...I don't do well with kidnapping movies and he thought he would like some sleep sometime in the next 3 months...
That being said, I usually enjoy a good Denzel movie...
oh. i was thinking about seeing it, then i read honormommy's post. ok, mel, you know how much 'ransom' freaked me out, and how i was so very, very terrified of gary sinise for like forever. would this movie have the same effect?
but anyways, i think there should always be people who kick some serious butt to protect children who are put in harm's way.
i don't think it's giving too much to away to say that all they show is her being taken. it's not scary like ransom cuz most of the movie is just denzel kicking butt.
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