One of Denzel's most convincing, exciting and best movies

Rating: 6/10 (27 March 2005)

MAN ON FIRE delivers everything the rock hard cover shows, a Denzel Washington angry to the bones with lots of guns, letting nothing stand in the way for his goal. Not a very intelligent or original thing, though it's so extremely well made and tough that you simply can't be entertained and fascinated by this story.
Denzel Washington probably being the most respected Afro-American actor in Hollywood in a long time (and one of the best ever) delivers as always a great character performance. Having this on his record together with another thriller "The Manchurian Candidate", his career is at his peers with fabulous suspense in characters. MAN ON FIRE is one serious, rough action/thriller that really sets of in a Mexican set where everything's dirty, bad and crime rules the everyday lives of innocent people. Director Tony Scott has also done a terrific job making a very dark mood and set to the whole movie, though switching from rock hard violence to pure love between Denzel's character and the little girl he is babysitting.
Mexico City being at the edge of crime insanity with an enormous amount of kidnappings going on. Caseay gets a job as a lifeguard for a small girl living in Mexico with her parents. Everything seems to go well, although Caseay's got a mysterious edge to himself, not letting people get to know him that well. So the little girl and Caseay soon starts developing a unique friendship, and for the first time in a very long time he finds reason in this life to actually live. But so the nightmare happens and the little girl is kidnapped. Now, Caseay returns from a serious injury to kill the kidnappers and all of the people that's served on it, one by one.
MAN ON FIRE is without doubt one of the most pro action/thriller's in quite a while, so I really recommend it for everybody enjoying a good movie, and character performance!