man on fire

Rating: 9/10 (8 January 2006)

I thought that Denzel was even better in this movie than he was in the movie that he won the Oscar for, training day. The emotion that he displayed playing opposite child actor, Dakota Fanning, who in and of herself was excellent in portraying her role. The emotion that she displayed showed her intensity and ability to consume her role and convince the audience that this was actually occurring. My only complaint with this movie was the slowness with which the story developed. Although however, in appreciating this movie, it was understood after the fact why the director spent so much time telling the story of the development of the relationship between Creasy (Denzel Washington) and Pita (Dakota Fanning).