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Man on Fire (2004)

Information gathered from:

Hollywood.com

The Hollywood Reporter.com

Production Details

Director: Tony Scott

Screenwriter: Brian Helgeland

Producers: Arnon Milchan, Tony Scott, Lucas Foster

-Cast:

Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, Marc Anthony, Radha Mitchell

Distributed by 20th Century Fox

Release Date: April 23, 2004

Time: 146 min.

Budget: 70 Million

Movie Reviews:

Kit Bowen, Hollywood.com, (April 21, 2004)

Kirk Honeycutt, The Hollywood Reporter, (?)

In Kit Bowen's review of Man on Fire, Bowen points out the how long, drawn-out, predictable and unbelievable the movie is. She claims that the story is "plodded and underwritten", and that is seemingly fails to keep up with the action. Bowen goes on about how unrealistic the movie is as Creasy (Denzel Washington) is able to fight the kidnappers, while being wounded throughout the movieÐ'--being someone like Superman despite being wounded. The one thing she seems to give credit to is Tony Scotts directing of the scene between Creasy and Pita, and Creasy revenge tactics on the kidnappers. Overall, the story is hard-to-believe and basically she's "heard enough".

Kirk Honeycutt notes how successful the movie will be despite the 2 Ð'Ð... hour time and waning movie ticket sales. He talks about

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