Man on Fire

[Dre_7]

Never watched it before cuz I cant stand Dakota Fanning. But its on HBO right now so I decided to watch it cuz I got off work early. So far, it is a great movie. Denzel is the man.

I am not even finished watching the whole thing and I highly recomend it.

[SpoilerAlert]

She's not dead.

[ZStomp]

Duh...I could have told you that a year and a half ago. :lol

[Dre_7]

I know. I saw the last 10 seconds a long time ago. But thanks.

[Dre_7]

Dude is cold. He just shoved the explosive up the corrupt agents rectum.

[KEDA]

that was indeed a badass film, I need to see it again.

[lilmads]

They made an Indian version of Man on Fire... It came out recently and I saw it... It was awesome.. I really wanna see Man on Fire because I'm sure it's even better

[Ishta]

It is a great movie! Denzel is a wonderful actor

[Ballcox]

Great flick, my wife picked it up on DVD and finally got to see it. Liked it much more than I thought I would.

[JoeChalupa]

I gave it 4 chalupas.

Denzel is the man.

[sa_butta]

Great movie, just inspired to see it again.

[fraga]

Great movie....bad ending....

[nickbroken]

That movie is the shit, we need more movies like that, and my favorite part is Trent Reznor helped with a lot of the music for the movie!

[JoeChalupa]

Great movie....bad ending....

I thought the ending made the movie.

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

Dude is cold. He just shoved the explosive up the corrupt agents rectum.


I haven't seen this movie and probably won't.

I'm not into gay porn.

[ShoogarBear]

Is this the prequel to Mouse On Fire?

[lilmads]

^:lol

[fraga]

I would have rather him go with those dudes...while having snuck some sort of explosive along with him...and then killed them all...cause he knew he was gonna die anyway...might as well take them all out with him...

[ChumpDumper]

I got a little choked up at the end -- doesn't normally happen.

Just got around to watching Manchurian Candidate -- that had some good moments too.

[SpursWoman]

Dude is cold. He just shoved the explosive up the corrupt agents rectum.


That's the only part of that movie that I've seen...when he's got that timer thing going, right? That was messed up. :wow :wow

[boutons_]

I just saw it in the past few days on cable. A powerful film.

The film trickery of super-saturated colors, high-contrast, under-exposed imaging is way past boring and distracting. Same for jerky, "hand-held" "cinema verite", "NYPD Blue" camera movement. Cheap tricks, and ineffective.

I felt cheated when the girl was still alive. One of the messages of the film was the horror and revulsion of chicken-shit ransom kidnappings ending in children dying. The horror and revulsion were gutted when she lived. Dakota Fanning's precocious, egregious over-acting deserves to die. :)

The father committing suicide so quickly and easily was not credible. Somebody shoulda told him the little bitch was still alive. :)

It seemed like Mickey Rourke's lawyer character escaped punishment. NOT satisfying!! All lawyers should die, horribly. :lol

The contrast between the sumptious, over-stuffed luxury mansion of the powerless victims vs the hovels of the powerful kidnappers was fantastic. I expect there wasn't much exaggeration in either portrayal.

Have Mexican police and officials and Mexico in general ever been portrayed as greasy and as corrupt as they were in that film? Anybody object to that portrayal as exaggerated? :)

The film certainly merits a second viewing.

The kidnappers were not completely punished, were able to negotiate exchange/killing of Denzel, and got away. (For sexy Hollywood hunk, Denzel's getting fat.)

It's easier to imagine what is was like when Manu's family received threats. Seems like every country from the Rio Grande to Tierra del Fuego is rampant with kidnapping and corruption.

[Dre_7]

I Dakota Fanning's precocious, egregious over-acting deserves to die. :)

Thank you!!

Like I said, I cant stand her. Fortunately, since she was kidnapped in the film, she was only there in the beggining and the way end. Which made the movie so much better. Although a couple of the scenes with her and Denzel together were pretty good. Denzel is a great actor.

[Trainwreck2100]

It seemed like Mickey Rourke's lawyer character escaped punishment. NOT satisfying!! All lawyers should die, horribly. :lol



The film certainly merits a second viewing.

The kidnappers were not completely punished, were able to negotiate exchange/killing of Denzel, and got away. (For sexy Hollywood hunk, Denzel's getting fat.)
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*spoilers***Just in case the two people who havent seen the movie opened this.


1) Didn't Mark Anthony cut off the lawyers head and throw him into the pool?
2) Wasn't the head kidnapper killed by the Mexican cop 3 days later, or something like that.

[midgetonadonkey]

I just watched this movie for the first time about 2 months ago and it was badass. I don't like many movie I watch so this says a lot about the film.

[boutons_]

I dunno, I'll have to watch it again, and go easier on the Coors Light. :)

[Summers]

That's the only part of that movie that I've seen...when he's got that timer thing going, right? That was messed up. :wow :wow

I must've blocked that part from my memory. I don't remember it.

Interesting tid-bit for the nerds like me: The title comes from the quote "Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life" and is a metaphor for Denzel's character finding some love and security. Taking care of the little girl set him on fire.

[Mark in Austin]

It's actually a remake of a film w/ the same title from the late 70's-early 80's w/ Scott Glenn in the lead role, I believe. Except in the original, it takes place in Europe and it is Italians who kidnap the girl.

[Dre_7]

she rocks man. my nigga denzel is number one man in hollywood.

moving movie

She is annoying as hell. But yeah, Denzel is the man.

[Dre_7]

man have u seen her in I am Sam? wicked role

Is that where she is killing people and blaming it on her imaginary friend? Ive seen the preview, but again, its Dakota Fanning, so I have never seen it.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Great movie. I just wish he woulda fucked them all up at the end instead of going quietly.

[ZStomp]

no no man...that is another one...slipped my mind
edit: Hide and Seek with Robert De Niro (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000134/)


I AM SAM is with sean penn (where he is retared)

must see

I totally agree. I am Sam is a great movie. Sean Penn should have won the Academy for Best Actor that year. Instead Denzel won for Training Day. :td

How can you not like Dakota Fanning? She is so cute/adorable.

http://us.tv1.yimg.com/tv.yahoo.com/images/he/photo/tv_pix/emmys/emmy_awards_arrivals_2003_photos/dakota_fanning/emmy.jpg

[desflood]

Man on Fire was great, but I liked John Q. just a bit better.

[TheAdmiral#50]

Great Movie!