Pulse Gripping Action from Start to Finish: An Adrenaline Thrill Ride

Rating: 10/10 (17 April 2005)

Man on Fire (2004) is a action thriller that gets your adrenaline going from the the beginning to the end. Denzel Washington plays John Creasy, a burned out CIA agent who is sent to Mexico City by his friend Rayburn (Christopher Walken) to protect Lupita "Pita" Ramos (Dakota Fanning), the daughter of an industrialist (Marc Anthony)and his wife (Radha Mitchell). Creasy and Pita suddenly become bonded to one another. When Pita is kidnapped; Creasy, seriously wounded, vows revenge against those who were involved with the kidnapping. With the help of a newspaper journalist (Rachel Ticotin), Creasy discovers that the crime was committed by a organization of corrupt Mexico City Judicial Police officers and her father as a way to get his company out of debt. Determined to get Pita back, Creasy must risk his own life to get the bad guys off of the streets and get the girl that he was meant to protect back to her family. Man on Fire is a true action movie that is worth a perfect 10!!!!