Synopsis: Denzel Washington plays a government agent, a soldier of fortune disenchanted with life in general. In Mexico City, he reluctantly accepts a job to protect a girl (Dakota Fanning) whose parents have been threatened with kidnapping. His relationship with his little protected will grow and awaken in him a lost soul. But when she is kidnapped, his anger will be unleashed against those responsible. The year was 1980 when the producer Arnon Milchan decided to buy the rights for the film adaptation of the novel by AJ Quinnell, entitled "Man On Fire." It was a story of revenge set in Italy, in the context of his time mobster, but the screenwriter Brian Helgeland refused to consider thereby moving it to the big screen, as the situation seemed quite seen something already in the current film world. Along with Director Tony Scott decided, however, the mood this film adaptation to the harsh context of these years kidnappings plaguing the city of Mexico City, which has much to his dismay one of the highest rates in the world with this problem.
That said, good old Tony Scott decided to move its entire crew to that city to give us one of the (for me) best revenge movies I've had the opportunity to see in recent years. A story that gives us a bit of everything. Friendship, revenge, corruption and redemption, among other things.
The story begins by recounting the life of John W. Creasy (played by an extraordinary Denzel Washington), a former American soldier dubious past, as today it has really wretched. Not only the feelings of guilt over things done in his last years haunt him to unimagined heights, but literally any of your friends can take their existing dark thoughts, much less the growing and disturbing addiction to alcohol. Just a girl (Dakota Fanning) can provide some peace to his current life as the parents of the same be hired as a bodyguard for her, because it has received in recent times serious threats of kidnapping. But everything will be back to square one when a group of criminals kidnap Lupita Ramos, unleashing a spiral of violence rarely seen.
As I said above, the script of this tremendous peliculón was handled by the experienced Brian Helgeland ("Murderers," "Revenge", "Mystic River" and the latest "Green Zone" by Paul Greengrass), who had the ability to separate extreme (literally) the film in two parts rather contrasting each other. On the one hand, we have a first stage (approximately 50 minutes) where tells us a fantastic relationship between a girl willing to have friends and restore joy to live the character of Denzel Washington and on the other hand we have a second half where all the action is directed toward the service of revenge and research because some twists and secrets will be revealed to writers as naturally as interesting for the viewer. No more talks, no scenes that one can interpret as unnecessary, or anything that disrupts a script very well suited for an inspired (in this case) Brian Helgeland.
Tony Scott was in charge behind the scenes to tell this great story of love and revenge. The same came to make great films in previous years, such as "The Fanatic", "Red Tide" and "Spy Game", among others. However, what Scott did in the narrative and technical armed "Burning Man" is, was and will be practically insurmountable. With an enviable camera handling (although I understand that many hate him), Scott does a remarkable job at the plans that choose to display on screen, as well as a great parallel assembly system, which allows you to display, for example, images in the beginning of the tape that actually correspond to the end of the footage (in a very subtle, of course).
Moreover, it has been a superb handling in all respects, focusing very well in telling a very intelligent account of the central characters, which will then give you total and absolute credibility to the tremendous display of action and revenge that will film in second part of the footage. In conclusion, an excellent handling of a Tony Scott that for those years was, without doubt, at his best film.
Tony Scott was in charge behind the scenes to tell this great story of love and revenge. The same came to make great films in previous years, such as "The Fanatic", "Red Tide" and "Spy Game", among others. However, what Scott did in the narrative and technical armed "Burning Man" is, was and will be practically insurmountable. With an enviable camera handling (although I understand that many hate him), Scott does a remarkable job at the plans that choose to display on screen, as well as a great parallel assembly system, which allows you to display, for example, images in the beginning of the tape that actually correspond to the end of the footage (in a very subtle, of course).
Moreover, it has been a superb handling in all respects, focusing very well in telling a very intelligent account of the central characters, which will then give you total and absolute credibility to the tremendous display of action and revenge that will film in second part of the footage. In conclusion, an excellent handling of a Tony Scott that for those years was, without doubt, at his best film.
And to be finishing the review of this great band, we can not under any point of view to miss the tremendous performances of all the leading cast of the film. Dakota Fanning and Denzel Washington give performances to remember (Dakota came to work in this awesome movie entitled "I Am Sam") and give a true film class during the first fifty minutes of how to interact on-screen in the most believable and natural as possible. There is no way that the viewer does not sympathize with both characters, since they are so well told and acted out the truth are worthy of all praise possible.
In short, "Man on Fire" is an action movie that goes beyond the action itself. "Burning Man" is a story of friendship, redemption and government corruption so very well told, that little or nothing I can add these lines to a tape that literally speaks for itself.
Movie Rating: Excellent. Read
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