Man on Fire [DVD] [2004] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

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  • Actor : Denzel Washington
  • Actor : Christopher Walken
  • Actor : Dakota Fanning
  • Actor : Marc Anthony
  • Actor : Radha Mitchell
  • Aspect Ratio : 16:9 - 2.40:1
  • Binding : DVD
  • Creator : Denzel Washington
  • Creator : Christopher Walken
  • Creator : Arnon Milchan
  • Creator : Conrad Hool
  • Creator : Don Ferrarone
  • Creator : James W. Skotchdopole
  • Creator : Lance Hool
  • Creator : A.J. Quinnell
  • Creator : Brian Helgeland
  • Director : Tony Scott
  • EAN : 0024543139652
  • Format : Anamorphic
  • Format : Closed-captioned
  • Format : Colour
  • Format : Dolby
  • Format : DTS Surround Sound
  • Format : Dubbed
  • Format : DVD-Video
  • Format : Subtitled
  • Format : Widescreen
  • Format : NTSC
  • Is Adult Product? : No
  • Label : 20th Century Fox
  • Languages : Subtitled: English, Subtitled: Spanish, Original Language: English, Original Language: French, Original Language: Spanish, Dubbed: Spanish
  • Manufacturer : 20th Century Fox
  • MPN : FOXD2223966D
  • Number Of Discs : 1
  • Number Of Items : 1
  • Package Dimensions : 0.60 inches (Height) x 7.40 inches (Length) x 0.22 pounds (Weight) x 5.30 inches (Width)
  • Package Quantity : 1
  • Part Number : FOXD2223966D
  • Product Group : DVD
  • Publisher : 20th Century Fox
  • Region Code : 1
  • Release Date : 2004-09-14
  • Running Time : 146
  • SKU : 1U03J700034H
  • Studio : 20th Century Fox
  • UPC : 024543139652

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 and presumably killed. 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

- Amazon.co.uk Review

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