The single best movie released this year - SPOILER

Rating: 10/10 (17 September 2004)

This movie is absolutely amazing - the dialogue, casting, acting, and the emotion alone carried this film. You watch a sad and basically death ready man change because of the girl he is hired to protect. (Nobody could have played this character better than Denzel) You watch his sadness and anger go away and you see him appreciate life again through his relationship with the girl(someone else could have played the character but Dakota Fanning did an excellent job). To stop with the plot points for a second you know someone did an excellent job in the filming process when you can watch a man change not only physically but emotionally and feel that change happening. Back to the plot ... deeper into their relationship the girl is kidnapped and Denzel's character is wounded in the fight for her. Once out of the hospital he swears revenge and death on everyone involved in the kidnapping. Great plot twists which were not obviously intentional if intentional at all include the family lawyer, a very specific cop, and the girl's father....(minor spoiler) The best part of this whole movie is that they lead you to believe that the girl is dead, even throw in a scene to lead you to believe she is alive and when you discover they aren't talking about her, you fully believe she is dead. But she's not. That was genius. To get honest and personal I cried like a baby when she got out of the car and ran to Denzel. This was an incredible movie possibly Denzel's best acting ever and an amazing script that not only makes sense but makes you feel. 10/10