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Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 2.40:1, Dolby Digital (5.1), Dolby Surround Sound, Audio Commentary, Inside Look, Featurettes, English, Spanish Subtitled
Two-time Academy Award winner Denzel Washington ignites a masterpiece of mayhem in this powerful (Los Angeles Times) action-thriller about sweet redemption...and savage retribution.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.
"Man on Fire, with a best-ever Denzel Washington, is the first (nonreligious) sure thing to hit the multiplex this year." Jack Mathews, New York Daily News
Editor's Note
John Creasy (Denzel Washington) is a lost soul. A former government operative, he has become an alcoholic nomad, searching for inspiration and redemption. An old friend (Christopher Walken) who lives in Mexico gets Creasy a job as a bodyguard for nine-year-old Lupita "Pita" Ramos (Dakota Fanning), the daughter of Mexican Samuel (Marc Anthony) and his American wife Lisa (Radha Mitchell). Creasy's primary job is to protect Pita from the kidnapping attempts that are an increasing menace to the children of Mexico City's wealthy. A man of few words and many secrets, Creasy initially balks at Pita's attempts to befriend him, but soon a bond grows between the precocious child and this lonely man who is tormented by his past. When Pita is kidnapped despite Creasy's valiant attempts to save her, he will do anything to bring all of those involved to justice. His fury unravels a net of almost unimaginable corruption and greed in the process. Director Tony Scott (TOP GUN, CRIMSON TIDE) builds the relationship between Creasy and Pita in the first half of the film in order to justify Creasy's violent actions in the latter half, and in the process he does a fine job of keeping the film's tension consistently high.
| Features | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound, DTS; French & Spanish Dolby Digital Stereo | | Director Commentary | | Inside Look Featurette | | Interactive Menus | | Producer, Screenwriter and Actor Commentary By Lucas Foster, Brian Helgeland And Dakota Fanning | | Scene Selection | | Widescreen Presentation | | Taxi Trailer and Behind the Scenes Featurette | | Subtitles: English, Spanish | | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS; Spanish Dolby Surround; French Dolby Surround | | Action Themed Trailer | | Audio Commentary by Producer Lucas Foster, Screenwriter Brian Helgeland and Actor Dakota Fanning | | INSIDE LOOK: Hide & Seek Teaser with introduction |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Foxvideo |
| Release Date: 1/8/2008 |
| Running Time: 146 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2004 | | Catalog ID: 2223965 | | UPC: 00024543139652 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English, French Dubbed, Spanish Dubbed | | Video: Color |
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| | Professional Reviews | Los Angeles Times
"[Fanning] turns Pita into a delightful, distinctive, self-possessed individual, likely the most mature youthful presence we'll see on screen all summer." 04/21/2004 p.C1USA Today
"[The director] gives us solid chemistry between Fanning and lead Denzel Washington, plus a more complex than expected characterization by Radha Mitchell..." 04/23/2004 p.7E Chicago Sun-Times
"We're absorbed by Washington's character." 04/23/2004 p.33 Uncut
"MAN ON FIRE explodes with some beautifully orchestrated mayhem that's driven by a cast of fully realised characters." 11/01/2004 p.147 James Berardinelli's ReelViews 7 of 10
Man on Fire is a remake of a 1987 film starring Scott Glenn. Not having seen the earlier film
Miami Herald 8 of 10
The dead-serious Man on Fire awakens a genuine sense of bloodlust in the viewer. This is a sl - Rene Rodriguez
Chicago Sun-Times 6 of 10
Tony Scott's Man on Fire employs superb craftsmanship and a powerful Denzel Washington perfor - Roger Ebert
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