Go see this movie!

Rating: Null/10 (1 May 2004)

I finally got around to watching 'Tears of the Sun' (Bruce Willis) on TV, which I found to be excruciatingly awful. 'Tears' was an action flic that is still trying to drag it's way through the morass of illogical changes of heart, historical inaccuracies, way too many minutes of BIG explosions that Hollywood just KNOWS will serve as an antidote our boredom and distract us from the codswallop of a story they are serving up. But THIS movie, 'Man on Fire' is an action flic that actually serves up action and soul. So it IS possible, then, to have a movie with a story,a hunky hero,a beautiful heroine, bad baddies, logical dialogue, and explosions too....that doesn't make you want to stab yourself in the eye with a pen from frustration....even in 2004. I had almost given up! The direction of photography, and the music tracks also were spot on. It was certainly way better than I was expecting.