Denzel like i like to know him

Rating: 8/10 (30 June 2013)

So i'm aware that when rating Man on Fire with 8, i'm giving it more than i gave other movies with possible better overall actor's performance (let me revise that, probable not possible), better directing or even better stories. But when i'm rating the movie, i'm not rating each of this aspect and then deliberate what the appropriate rating should be by balancing this marks; no, i'm not a professional movie critic and in any case i don't know how they rate their movies. I'm ratting it as a whole, as an assemble, without actually thinking of each of its components, and that's why Man on Fire gets a 8 rating, because the outcome of more than 2 hours feels like a 8 out of 10. If I like to remember Denzel, i'd like to remember him for roles like this one, if i like to remember Walken it is for performances like this one, same for Dakota. I liked the soundtrack, the story was fine and developed not too fast, not too slow, the direction didn't bother me. I got more than i expected, and i didn't think i'll give a movie with Marc Anthony as an actor such a high rating, but i did and i'm pleased that i did. Certainly, things are always possible to have been made better, but i'm thinking that everything matched the other in this movie, they were all at about the same level. If a better direction would be made it could expose flaws in acting, if a better cast would have been put together, maybe flaws in the story would be more obvious; but just as it is everything seems to be in its place, not too much not too little of it. In my opinion this movie is one of those we'll miss when we'll see the latest Denzel's, Walken's or Dakota's films, because they don't make them like this anymore.