Redemption

Rating: 10/10 (29 December 2015)

Man on Fire, a powerful film on the theme of redemption. Indeed John Creasy (Denzel Washington) , plays a former operative agent now turned body guard to a young girl (Dakota Fanning). She is kidnapped and Creasy will be on her search without pity for anyone involved. All through the film, we will learn more about John Creasy and his past. One of his dialogues with Paul Rayburn (Christopher Walken) Creasy will say: Will God forgive us for what we've done''? Rayburn's answer is a small smile and says: ''No''. In addition, a recurrent scene appears many times showing a person in the water then blood fills the pool. You can't have a better symbol of a the redemption process gone through by Creasy as it will foreshadow the failure of his quest. One can go on and on in the analysis of the character's search for peace and answers to what he has gone through in the past and the will of a new beginning. I recommend this movie to anyone who loves to talk about a subject, in this case redemption, which the movie has a lot to offer in terms of content.