Movie Review - Man on Fire

I don’t intend to do too many movie reviews, however, I can’t help but point out one surprisingly damned good movie that has gone virtually unnoticed. Man on Fire stars Denzel Washington, Christopher Walken, and Dakota Fanning in a superbly-written Tony Scott action film. It was released on DVD the other day and, after seeing it in the theater, I told myself that the day it came out I would buy it.

I’ll try not to spoil the plot. Denzel Washington plays an ex-special forces assassin-turned-bodyguard of the character played by Dakota Fanning. Christopher Walken has a small but important role as a confidant of Denzel Washington’s. The first part of the movie might seem slow, but it shows how a man who had nothing to live for turns into a man who has one thing to live for and that’s the girl he is protecting. When Dakota Fanning is kidnapped, Washington’s “special forces training” kicks in and turns a good movie into an incredible action flick.

Denzel Washington puts on a performance in Man on Fire that rivals his efforts in Training Day. I would, at the very least, recommend to everyone on the face of the planet that they rent and watch this movie. If a movie is good enough for me to buy, then you know it must be really damned good.

Get Man on Fire today. I’m sure you won’t be disappointed.