Tony Scott on Fire

Rating: 7/10 (23 April 2004)

After flooding the market with revenge movies release in the past two weeks (Kill Bill 2, Punisher, Man on Fire)(("ARE PRODUCTION STUDIOS LOOKING AT RELEASE DATES ANYMORE?!")) but I honestly thought this one stood out well on its own. Scott's rapid fire and surrealistic directing was what made this film so likable to me and drawing personal comparisons to David Fincher (Fight Club) and Stephen Soderbergh's Traffic, but Denzel, as always, really pulls everything together with another Training Day-esc performance. Kudos to both for taking an overused melodrama and turning into very solid and original picture. I will strongly recommend this film to anyone who is a fan of unconvential direction and look forward to future projects from Tony Scott.