This is the best movie I've ever seen

Rating: 10/10 (17 May 2004)

This is the best movie I've ever seen. Man on Fire is about a man named Creasy (Denzel Washington) who although did some important missions for the U.S. government in the past is now an alcoholic and gets a job being a semi-rich family's body guard for their girl, who changes Creasy's life and makes him want to live again. Needless to say things go completely awry and Denzel takes matters into his own hands.
Seeing this film makes me realize how truly diverse Denzel is from a very internal performance seen here to his over-the-top (but still brilliant) performance in Training Day. Denzel keeps the audience's attention even though nothing really happens for about a half hour in the film. That is when you can tell someone is a great actor, when he makes the mundane interesting.
The great thing about his film is not only the script, acting, action, plot, music, build, but the fact that the subtitles, for when there is Spanish spoken in the film and even when it's not is turned into an art form. This is a brilliant film and is my new number one film of all time.