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Man On Fire [Blu-ray]

starring: Mickey Rourke, Rachel Ticotin, Christopher Walken, Denzel Washington, Giancarlo Giannini

: Man On Fire [Blu-ray]
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Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: Blu-ray
Brand: 20th Century
EAN: 0024543435457
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
Label: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 08, 2008
Running Time: 146 minutes
Sales Rank: 830
Studio: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 2004



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Description:
Hard-drinking, burnt-out ex-CIA operative John Creasy (Washington) has given up on life--until his friend Rayburn (Oscar winner Christopher Walken) gets him a job as a bodyguard to nine-year-old Pita Ramos (Dakota Fanning). Bit by bit, Creasy begins to reclaim his soul, but when Pita is kidnapped, Creasy unleashes a firestorm of apocalyptic vengeance against everyone responsible.

Amazon.com:
Style trumps substance in Man on Fire, a slick, brooding reunion of Crimson Tide star Denzel Washington and director Tony Scott. The ominous, crime-ridden setting is Mexico City, where a dour, alcoholic warrior with a mysterious Black Ops past (Washington) seeks redemption as the devoted bodyguard of a lovable 9-year-old girl (the precociously gifted Dakota Fanning), then responds with predictable fury when she is kidnapped. Prolific screenwriter Brian Helgeland (Mystic River, L.A. Confidential) sets a solid emotional foundation for Washington's tormented character, and Scott's stylistic excess compensates for a distended plot that's both repellently violent and viscerally absorbing. Among Scott's more distracting techniques is the use of free-roaming, comic-bookish subtitles... even when they're unnecessary! Adapted from a novel by A.J. Quinnell and previously filmed as a 1987 vehicle for Scott Glenn, Man on Fire is roughly on par with Scott's similar 1990 film Revenge, efficiently satisfying Washington's incendiary bloodlust under a heavy blanket of humid, doom-laden atmosphere. --Jeff Shannon



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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Man on Fire
Good story that unfortunately can be true. Denzel Washington did as expected a great job. Very ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Where are the extras?
This is one of my favorite movies, but I wish there were more special features. There aren't any on ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - GREAT MOVIE
I LIKE ALL THE DENZEL WASHINGTON MOVIES.THIS ONE HAD A LOT OF EXCITEMENT AND SUSPENCE.THE PLOT HAD SOME ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Trail of Blood
Academy Award winner Denzel Washington (Training Day) is the last man who you don't want to cross in the ... Read More


Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Great movie, Poor blu-ray
I'm a big fan of this movie, and this release looks and sounds great. The special features, however, are ... Read More

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