Man on Fire - (Scott;2004;USA) - *
An alcoholic ex-assassin strikes back at cartel members after they kidnap the girl he was protecting..
Looking at the filmography, Tony Scott is somewhat close to being another Michael Bay or Renny Harlin. Seeing this again, the whole movie is a farce. An hour of character interaction just so Denzel can throw grenades and shoot people in slow motion. The editing, while talented makes the film an MTV music video. It should've been used for one or two scenes. The music is very good, but used for corny pseudo-dramatic scenes. Then at the predictable end, the film insults the audience once again. (see below) Denzel is a good actor who is playing too many similar characters. A Van Damme movie with gaudy editing.
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Pita is alive, changed from the original story (Hollywoodized), and of course Scott/Helgeland can't let the villain get away, so he adds an out of place epilogue for him.
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