Bad revenge story

Rating: 3/10 (28 June 2006)

Man On Fire has a lot of potential, but it was serious letdown. This movie is based on today's oh so popular movie theme: Revenge.
Where to start? Well, the story is acceptable. Washington plays Creasy, an aging war retiree. He travels to Mexico, where rich families are victims of getting their children kidnapped, as the captors release their kids under a high ransom. Creasy protects Fanning's character, Pita. Pita eventually gets captured-Oh No!- and Creasy goes on a killing spree, trying to find her. And there's still 3/4 of the movie to go.
This movie has an acceptable story, but not so great of a cast. This is another Denzel against the world film. If you've seen John Q and Remember The Titans, you'll probably agree. Denzel is suitable for his role. Fanning isn't in the movie much, but the acting she did was overall good. Casting Radha Mitchell was a horrible mistake. She isn't a good actress and lets not forget her changing her accents. Midwest? Southern? Pick one! Worst of all is when she changes her accent in the same scene.
This movie is a little excessive with the violence. There is graphic torture, which isn't in the least bit fun to watch. There are situations where blood is needed, and there are some where it isn't needed. This movie crossed that line.
Creasy is supposed to be this professional superstar at killing. When he's hunting for Pita, he really has no concern for things like innocent bystanders and evidence as he carelessly bombed buildings and explodes people. There's a scene where he ties a man to his car, with a bomb set to go off. The director was crazy enough to put a timer at the bottom corner of the screen...Overall, this is a bad movie.