Man on Fire is such an awesome movie!

Rating: 10/10 (6 November 2005)

I saw the movie "man on Fire" when in first came out in theaters. The previews on TV looked so promising that I couldn't miss seeing it when it was released.
Pita Ramos (Dakota Fanning) gets a new bodyguard, an American named Creasy (Denzel Washington.) She almost immediately picks up that Creasy is sad or depressed, but he doesn't talk to her very much when she asks him about it. He tells pita that he is being paid to protect her, not to be her friend. Pita, however, does not give up on him. She even names her favorite teddy bear "Creasy Bear" because she see's Creasy as "a big sad bear." After some more time, the two begin to bond more than ever, as Creasy helps Pita train and become a better swimmer. She improves quite a bit, and wins her competition. As soon a she hears her name announced as the winner, Pita climbs out of the pool, and leaps into Creasy's arms. Creasy was almost as happy as Pita was.
After the competition, while Pita's parents are away on business, she has lunch out with Creasy and two of Creasy's friends. It was then that Pita gave Creasy a gift that she had bought with her own money- a little case shaped like a brown bear, and inside that was a necklace with a symbol of Saint Jude-Paitrant Saint of Lost Causes.
One day after Pita's piano lesson, a group of men try to kidnap her. Creasy tries to save her, and shoots two of the men. He ended up getting shot himself, and Pita immediately runs to his side. But Creasy was completely helpless lying on the ground wounded by the gunshot. The men grab Pita, toss her into their car and drive away.
When Creasy recovers, he stops at absolutely nothing to find and rescue Pita. He questions everybody who he thinks might be involved. Eventually he found out that it was Pita's own father who had ordered those men to kidnap her. The agreed to set Pita free-in exchange for Creasy's life. When the men finally set Pita free, and remove her blindfold, the first thing she see's is Creasy standing on the big bridge. She runs to him, screaming his name.
It was good that Pita got to go home to her mom, but the last few moments with Creasy and Pita together is pretty sad. Watching them part just as quickly as they had reunited. But after I saw this movie, it automatically became one of my favorites, and still is today. I couldn't wait for it to come out on DVD so I could buy it, and now I can proudly say that I own this great movie. Definitely a 10/10.