Man on Fire (2004)
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| Directed by | Tony Scott |
| Cast | Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, Marc Anthony, Radha Mitchell, Christopher Walken, Giancarlo Giannini, Mickey Rourke, Carmen Salinas and Rachel Ticotin |
| Theatrical Release | April 23, 2004 |
| DVD Release | September 14, 2004 |
| Running Time | 146 minutes |
| MPAA Rating | R (Restricted) |
| UPC Code | 024543139652 |
| Buy this item | $7.49 at Amazon.com As of May 13 1:40 EDT (details) 1 DVD, 20th Century Fox, Usually ships in 24 hours, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Full Screen, NTSC Languages: English (Original Language - Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Original Language - Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), Spanish (Original Language - Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), Spanish (Dubbed - Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround) Or 50 new from $6.20, 85 used from $1.98, 3 collectible from $14.98 |
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User Reviews
Average user review:
(270 reviews) Wow. . .I can pretty much take anything cinema has to offer (I survived "Caddyshack II", for example), but I gotta admit, MAN ON FIRE made me look away from the carnage at least once or twice. Any movie headlined by Denzel Washington translates into an instant spellbinder; Washington puts an extra gear into all of his roles. Yet the gritty, malevolent, gratuitous violence of this film transcends Washington's powerful acting--and it's violence enhanced, yet ultimately punished, by director Tony Scott's eery cinematography.
The plot is certainly nothing original: A man with emotional baggage befriends a youngster (a precocious Dakota Fanning), then embarks on a one-man apocalyptic quest to avenge a kidnapping gone awry. Yet this is not your grandmother's quest for vengeance; Washington punishes the bad guys until your stomach flip-flops, and his brooding protagonism is amplified by camera shots and angles and blurs and stop-motion and hand-held sequences. . .compelling cinematography so dominant it eventally interferes with the story itself. And because much of this movie (set in a very urban Mexico City) is in Spanish, director Scott dubiously inserts subtitles--even when the dialogue is in broken English.
Scott is also the star of this DVD's extra features; he tells us, gleefully, about shooting the auto smash-ups, dusting off and using an old 1910-ish winding camera--he even recalls a delightful story about his bodyguard getting beaten up by gangbangers during a late-night filmmaking session in the bowels of Mexico City. This is all good stuff, and only enhances the "ick" factor of this most troubling film. MAN ON FIRE gets your attention, and keeps it, through all the muck and the gore, even while you're wishing the camera shot would stay still, and come into focus.
--D. Mikels, Author, Walk-On
April 30, 2008
"His art is Death...and this is gonna be his masterpiece."
Well done film....Great script.Excellent cinematography.
Lots of believable action.... action necessitated by a need for revenge that any parent can understand.
Creasy's matter-of-fact destruction of his charges's enemies is fascinating to watch. A dark film, and one that Denzel Washington should be proud of. April 29, 2008
Simply amazing
One of the best looking live action BD's to date, it is absolutely stunning.
If you're a fan of this movie (one of my favorites), it's a must have in your Blu-Ray collection. April 12, 2008
Man On Fire = Best Punisher Movie Ever Made
I've been saying it for years since watching it in theatres on opening weekend. Man On Fire is very much like Punisher or what a Punisher Movie should be. I've since given up on Punisher Movies. Man On Fire is my Punisher Movie. March 16, 2008
Great movie& Great Blu Ray transfer
Anyone who is a fan of this movie will enjoy this blu-ray transfer.PQ and SQ is top notch.Only problem is that Fox has added no extra's, just the movie and some trailers. March 15, 2008