One of the best this year....Denzel & Dakota are excellent!

Rating: 8/10 (14 May 2004)

**POSSIBLE SPOILERS**
This was a great movie, with first class acting and riveting direction from Tony Scott. Denzel's character (Creasy) in Man On Fire makes Alonzo Harris (Training Day) look like a boy scout. He was as convincing as ever, you couldn't help but feel for Creasy....that drunken scene in his room when he was trying to catch the bullet was wonderful. Dakota Fanning was excellent....we should be seeing her for a long time, what a talent! The story type has been done before, but rarely is it done with such style and conviction. The length could've been 15 mins shorter, but it didn't hurt the film. Christopher Walken was as good as always. I just loved all the cutting and jerky kind of style, it set the mood flawlessly. Another thing that stood out were the subtitles, I don't think I've EVER seen them done that way before....shown on screen AS the dialogue is spoken. Ingenious. Great riveting action throughout, with nice twists to the story. One of the best films this year.
***1/2 out of **** stars