A well thought out, well made movie

Rating: 10/10 (17 August 2006)

First off, I'd like to say I did not believe Denzel Washington deserved the Oscar for Training Day. I really believed he deserved one for his performance in this film.
Creasy is a character you can neither love nor hate. He is not a good guy and we know it because he has killed before. But neither is he evil. You can't dislike him. In this film, he becomes the body guard of a well-to-do family in Mexico City. He is ordered to protect the daughter of the family (played by Dakota Fanning).
However, in a city where kidnappings occur every day it is hard to prepare for any and everything. She is kidnapped and, after a bad ransom exchange, presumed dead. Creasy then goes on a war path to track down the men who killed her.
In my personal opinion, this is a fantastic movie. By the end, I was so enthralled by Washington's character that I cried for the last twenty minutes of the film. And I am definitely not a crier.
I know I'm a little biased because I believe that what he does to the men is the just and right thing to do.
Also, the music is SO SPECTACULAR!! This is definitely NOT one of those films where they randomly chose some music director and some random composer who wrecked the film with awkward and misplaced music (See The New World starring Colin Farrell). The song "Una Palabra" by Carlos Varela is perfectly placed and signifies a great deal at that point in the movie.
Watch it and see for yourself!!!