Man on Fire
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Film · TMDB
7.5Jaded ex-CIA operative John Creasy reluctantly accepts a job as the bodyguard for a 10-year-old girl in Mexico City. They clash at first, but eventually bond, and when she's kidnapped he's consumed by fury and will stop at nothing to save her life.
Released: 2004-04-23146 minDir: Tony ScottAction, Drama, Thriller
Cast
- Denzel Washington as John W. Creasy
- Dakota Fanning as Lupita Ramos
- Christopher Walken as Paul Rayburn
- Radha Mitchell as Lisa Ramos
- Marc Anthony as Samuel Ramos
- Giancarlo Giannini as Miguel Manzano
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Ratings · OMDb
IMDb
7.7/10
420,267 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
39%
Metacritic
47/100
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 1 win & 7 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Tony Scott
- Screenplay by
- Brian Helgeland
- Based on
- Man on Fire , (1980 novel), by A. J. Quinnell
- Produced by
- Lucas Foster Arnon Milchan Tony Scott
- Starring
- Denzel Washington Dakota Fanning Christopher Walken Giancarlo Giannini Radha Mitchell Marc Anthony Rachel Ticotin Mickey Rourke
- Cinematography
- Paul Cameron
- Edited by
- Christian Wagner
- Music by
- Harry Gregson-Williams
- Production companies
- Fox 2000 Pictures , New Regency Productions , Scott Free Productions
- Distributed by
- 20th Century Fox
- Release dates
- April 18, 2004 ( 2004-04-18 ) ( Westwood, California premiere) April 23, 2004 ( 2004-04-23 ) (U.S.) October 4, 2004 ( 2004-10-04 ) (U.K.)
- Running time
Key dates
- Published
- 30 September 2004
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- vigilante film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- revenge
- Director
- Tony Scott
- Screenwriter
- Brian Helgeland
- Cast member
- Mickey Rourke
- Composer
- Harry Gregson-Williams
- Producer
- Tony Scott
Article
Man on Fire is a 2004 action thriller film directed and produced by Tony Scott, from a screenplay by Brian Helgeland, and co-produced by Arnon Milchan. It is based on the 1980 novel by A. J. Quinnell. The film stars Denzel Washington and Dakota Fanning in lead roles, alongside Christopher Walken, Radha Mitchell, Giancarlo Giannini, Marc Anthony, Rachel Ticotin and Mickey Rourke in supporting roles.
The film follows a despondent, alcoholic former CIA officer-turned-bodyguard (Washington), who embarks on a violent revenge spree after a nine-year-old under his charge (Fanning) is kidnapped in Mexico City. This adaptation shifts the setting from Naples, Italy, to Mexico City, diverging from the earlier 1987 film version of Quinnell's novel, which was also produced by Milchan.