The "worst" Denzel Washington picture ever made.

Rating: Null/10 (5 June 2004)

Ever since actor Denzel Washington got into show business,and after all the movies he has made,there has never been a "really bad" Denzel Washington picture until now and this is the worst Denzel movie ever made,but let's face it since it is not all really Denzel's fault,but lets really put the blame on this piece of unadulterated garbage of bad taste cimema. The person responsible for this mayhem? Director Tony Scott(the younger brother of Oscar winning director Ridley Scott of Gladiator,Alien,Blade Runner,Hannibal,and above others to name a few)who is in the running for the title of "Hollywood's most despicable director",and in the running for "The worst movie director in Hollywood",second to another despicable director as well:Roland Emmerich,director of Independence Day,Godzilla,The Patriot,Day After Tomorrow,etc.
However,Tony Scott takes sleek-violence porn to a new low in this cynically sleazy account of an alcoholic bodyguard(Denzel Washington) who goes on a blood soaked rampage of unstoppable revenge after kidnappers apparently kill the cute little blond girl(Dakota Fanning) he was hired to protect. There is zero humanity to this whole enterprise;in fact,it serves itself as exhibit A in explaining why other parts of the world see the West as spiritually corrupted and irredeemably decadent. Scott's garishly overheated style of violence,which he tries to copycat Quentin Tarentino so wildly, that is looks like a compendium of Tv-ad cliches,since it makes its audience wonder why in the hell he holds himself in greater contempt,or is it with the audience,the material of the film,or basically over egoing over himself. As for Denzel Washington's performance in this film,apparently convinced by his 2001 Oscar for Best Actor in "Training Day",goes to show that Hollywood only awards portrayals of degenerate blacks that are negatively showed,and for an prime example of stereotyping African-Americans,see Halle Berry's 2001 Oscar for Best Actress in "Monster's Ball" as a oversee of Hollywood racism within the ranks.