Man on Fire is a 2004 US film based on the novel by A. J. Quinnell. The story follows Creasy, an ex-CIA operative who takes revenge on a gang that kidnapped the child he was hired to protect. The film was directed by Tony Scott and starred Denzel Washington as Creasy. On release, the film received mixed reviews but was a commercial success at the box office.
In Mexico City, criminal gangs are kidnapping rich people and their families for the lucr...
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Man on Fire is a 2004 US film based on the novel by A. J. Quinnell. The story follows Creasy, an ex-CIA operative who takes revenge on a gang that kidnapped the child he was hired to protect. The film was directed by Tony Scott and starred Denzel Washington as Creasy. On release, the film received mixed reviews but was a commercial success at the box office.
In Mexico City, criminal gangs are kidnapping rich people and their families for the lucrative ransom money. On the advice of his lawyer, Mexican businessman Samuel Ramos (Marc Anthony), like other wealthy people, hires a bodyguard to protect his nine-year-old daughter Lupita "Pita" Ramos (Dakota Fanning), and to be able to renew the family's ransom insurance. The head of an executive security firm, Paul Rayburn (Christopher Walken) suggests that Ramos hire Rayburn's old CIA buddy John Creasy (Denzel Washington).
Ramos is impressed with Creasy's résumé, which includes a variety of counterinsurgency and counter-terrorism activities...
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