OK movie

Rating: Null/10 (8 October 2004)

Denzel Washington (Malcolm X, The Hurricane)plays an ex-marine turned booze hound bodyguard in Mexico. Denzel must protect a young precocious girl played by Dakota Fanning (I am Sam). Denzel's character has moments of sensitivity. He then becomes a vicious bounty hunter. It reminded me too much of his performance in Training Day. Young Dakota Fanning has the discipline and focus of actresses three times her age. The one thing that took me completely out of the movie was the use of subtitles in the film. Audiences have grown up with subtitles staying put on the bottom of the screen. Tony Scott, the director, puts the subtitles dancing all over the place. It's a small thing for most people, but it took me out of the film for certain thrilling scenes.