One of the best films of 2004

Rating: 9/10 (3 April 2005)

Man on Fire is a heartfelt drama/action that is about a bodyguard named Creasy(Denzel Washington) who spirit is rekindled by a little girl named Pita(Dakota Fanning)but when she is kidnapped he unleashes a one man war on all her kidnappers. I never really looked at Tony Scott's work prior to this but he did an amazing job in this film, every angle captures the setting beautifully and the action scenes are well choreographed. The acting is great, Denzel makes the movie hitting every emotion that is needed to drive the scene, Dakota hit the spot as Pita being bright,graceful and intelligent and Christopher Walken is as good as ever as Creasy's partner. On the flip side this movie ending is questionable(I won't ruin it but I felt it could have been done better)but it doesn't ruin the movie and is a decent ending. 8.5/10