Brass Tacks. I'm going to end up saying this every time...

Rating: 8/10 (21 December 2010)

A lot of people have panned this movie and as my heading states I am going to end up saying this every time I review a movie. If you go into every movie expecting to have your life changed for the better and that the two hours you spend are going to greatly enrich your self worth you are going to be disappointed with 99% of the films that have ever been made. Man On Fire is cool. It is 2 hours+ of entertainment. Denzel does what Denzel does: he's hard at the beginning, begins to bond with the girl (Dakota Fanning, who does a good job) and just as their relationship as mentor to student is beginning to mature she is taken. Long story short, Denzel kills his way to the top of the kidnapping ring. Most of he negatives I hear about this flick are based on the way it is edited and the relationship between Denzel and Dakota. First of all, the movie is put together in an interesting way. There's stop and go footage and the subtitles aren't just streaming across the bottom of the screen. There's some usage of color and music that I think is pretty cool too. As far as the relationship between the two main characters: she's a smart little girl who he thinks he's not going to like. They end up finding a common bond in swimming and they develop a friendship. Any deeper than that and the movie is eight hours long. Brass tacks: Man On Fire is an entertaining movie and is well worth your time and cost of a Netflix. When did everyones movie viewing time get so important?