absolutely brilliant!!!!!

Rating: 8/10 (13 May 2007)

Tony Scott has created a dynamic masterpiece with his 2004 film Man on Fire which was released on 8th October and made $23 million dollars on its opening weekend. Starring Academy award winner Denzel Washington, who plays a burnt out ex CIA operative/assassin, but later his friend Rayburn (academy award winner) Christopher Walken brings him to Mexico City, to be a bodyguard to 9 year old Pita Ramos (Dakota Fanning) who is the daughter of an industrialist Samual Ramos and his wife Lisa. Creasy accepts the assignment as he has nothing better to do. Pita manages to make Creasy smile again as he spends more time protecting her, and manage to become close friends.
This all seems fine, but when Pita is kidnapped during a shoot out, although wounded, Creasy swears revenge on all those who are involved. This takes him on a rampage of destruction, this all pays of with great violence e.g. tying a guys hand to a steering wheel and cutting his fingers off one by one without regret, another example is putting a c4 bomb up a guys arse and getting to see him get blown up, its pretty terrifying, but at the same time brilliant.
Overall a top class piece of film, superbly acted and passionately written, this can not be mist because of the gruesome violence and electrifying story line.