Movie: Man on Fire
Main Actors: Denzel Washington and Dakota Fanning
MPAA Rating: R
Passionate Expressions: There were a lot of these. There was a lot of pain inflicted on people during this movie
Useless Vulgar Language: Some of this as well, although mostly in Spanish.
Sex in a Good Light: There is a sensual scene between and husband and wife, but…
Sex in a Bad Light: They show a little too much and I think they just did it to show Radha Mitchell in a bra. Don’t look and don’t worry you won’t miss anything.
Manly Violence: There is a lot of this in the movie, very graphic and close up.
Action Violence: Nope
Pointless Violence: Certainly not
Manly Rating: A
Scorecard
Cinematography: C+
Visual Effects: B
Sound/Score: B
Story: A+
Acting: A+
Food to Watch With: Tacos with all the fixings
Plot Synopsis: Small girl is kidnapped and her bodyguard will stop at nothing to get her back.
Review: I love, love, love this movie. There is so much truth to it that it hurts to watch it. Denzel Washington plays a man who has been a violent man (for the US Military) and has lost his faith in everything and predictably gets depressed. A friend gets him a job as a bodyguard for a little American girl in Mexico and little by little she brings him back to hope and purpose and he even starts reading the Bible. The first half of the movie, when this transformation is taking place, was good enough to be its own film. It’s believable, well acted and thought out. Eventually the small girl gets kidnapped and Denzel starts looking for her himself after it seems that no one else will help. While the first half of this film may be heartwarming the second half is not. Denzel goes on a rampage trying to find the girl, killing and maiming people who were involved or are in his way. Just because it has Dakota Fanning in it does not mean that your kids or wife will want to see this movie, watch it first so that you can help people determine if it is a good movie for them. All I’ll say is that if more men acted this way when their family was threatened by evil the world would be a different place.
Life Lessons: There ARE many evil people in the world, don’t let them get away with it.
Summary: Great movie that I think fathers should watch
Would I Watch This Again: YES!
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