John Creasy can make you talk

Rating: Null/10 (8 May 2004)

Denzel Washington plays John Creasy, a burned out ex-CIA assassin who has nightmares of the people he has killed. He has become an alcoholic and is suicidal. Creasy travels to Mexico City to see his only friend Rayburn (Christoper Walken), who has a bodyguard business protecting wealthy businessmen and their families. Business is good because there has been a rash of kidnappings. Rayburn asks Creasy to be a bodyguard to a nine-year old Pita Ramos (Dakota Fanning). Creasy needs the money and reluctantly takes the job. Creasy doesn't care about life, but he will protect Pita with his. Eventually, he develops a caring relationship with Pita, and his life is worth living again. Everything changes when Pita is kidnapped. Creasy is A Man on Fire' when he vows to Pita's mother that he will kill every last one of them. If you want to see how to make anybody talk, Creasy will show you how it is done. These scenes are very graphic. This is not one of Denzel's best works, but he does a good job playing a drunk and someone out for revenge. There are several scenes that could have been cut to make the film a little shorter. (Twentieth Century Fox, Run time 2:26, Rated R) (7/10)