Man on Fire: A Cinematic Blaze of Action and Emotion

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  • Опубликовано: 22 дек 2024

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  • @shadowaccount
    @shadowaccount Год назад +48

    Alot of people consider Training Day, Glory, or even Malcolm X as Denzel's most iconic role, but I think this has always been his best blend as action & dramatic actor. His relationship with Pita is something very special and clearly was all he had left. It has always been my personal favorite Denzel movie.
    Believable story, unique/solid performances, with an awesome stylization and soundtrack. I always go back to this one, and the ending always delivers. R.I.P. Tony.

  • @mgm3649
    @mgm3649 Год назад +14

    I really loved this movie growing up. Funny story, when Creasy fires a bazooka from an apartment window to a car, that was the apartment of a friend of mine from school. I tought it was pretty cool.

  • @trinaq
    @trinaq Год назад +61

    This is an underrated movie, I love the bond between Denzel and Dakota's characters, it's truly the heart of the story.

    • @chasehedges6775
      @chasehedges6775 Год назад

      👍👍👍👍

    • @Omar-wq9dz
      @Omar-wq9dz Год назад +1

      Their dynamic was the best part of the film

    • @ernestbethel2035
      @ernestbethel2035 Год назад +2

      who under rates this movie. I believe it is pretty much agreed to be an excellent movie all around.

    • @Micke12312
      @Micke12312 Год назад

      could have been better. some weird editing and style

    • @adanrios7951
      @adanrios7951 Год назад +5

      The ending in the bridge destroys me every time
      “I’m going home too.”

  • @RC19786
    @RC19786 Год назад +36

    an underrated action classic, Denzel and Tony's high point as a pair and certainly one of the best action movies ever with a heart, little Dakota and Denzel were a dynamite acting duo.

  • @NottyGurlStyle
    @NottyGurlStyle Год назад +18

    I went to the theater to see Man on Fire…so damn good!!
    Denzel doing action films was the best combo we could get. He’s an amazing actor and the way he handles being cool, calm and collected as he takes down the bad guys..he just make it look so flawless.
    I love it!

  • @247tubefan
    @247tubefan Год назад +67

    Denzel's best movie is...If you put all his movies into a blender and drank the smoothie. Then you find out they're all good.

    • @jtgd
      @jtgd Год назад +8

      Honestly, can’t think of a bad movie, or at least a bad Denzel role that’s just easily agreeable

    • @steveguy3
      @steveguy3 Год назад +5

      Training day, flight, american gangster

    • @TheJulior1983
      @TheJulior1983 Год назад +5

      Inside man, John Q, book of Eli, remember the titans he’s got a good 7-8 movies in my top 50-100 favorite movies of all time.

  • @joshg6535
    @joshg6535 Год назад +13

    As Christopher Walken said in the movie, Creasy is about to paint his masterpiece. This was and will always be my favorite movie. The acting across the board was phenomenal.

  • @weemonkslots
    @weemonkslots Год назад +24

    I adore this film. In my top 5 all time films. I would say it is Tony Scott's best film hands down. You can see a shift in his film making. Is it Denzel's......possibly so. His filmography is so large and filled with so many amazing performances it is hard to say. Denzel is one of the best actors going and he's a tour-de-force in this film. Perfectly playing a broken man with past regrets who has no reason for living until Pita changes that. When he goes into revenge mode....it's so good. The range of emotion Denzel shows is outstanding.
    Dakota is outstanding but always was as a child actor. Never understood how a child could act so amazingly. Her performance with Denzel's elevates the film. Add Christopher Walken and Radha Mitchell (Radha is so underused in Hollywood) and this film has it all. Plus, at 44 years of age, having watched the film countless times, the ending ALWAYS brings a tear to my eye. This is how emotionally involved the film gets you.
    Netflix TV series. NOPE. Recipe for disaster but Netflix never know when to leave something well alone.

  • @Runningdeering
    @Runningdeering Год назад +7

    This is pinnacle Denzel and Scott. And where I love the Equalizer series for the stories continuing with that character, this one just felt so perfect to end with trading his death for her life.

  • @kaylew108
    @kaylew108 Год назад +3

    This is the movie that really made me appreciate Denzel. Great movie and he really was perfect and believable in the part.

  • @crschannel4938
    @crschannel4938 Год назад +7

    Love the use of Nine Inch Nails music in the movie. This and training day, his best movies!

  • @jules-yi8rn
    @jules-yi8rn Год назад +3

    Just watched this again last week....for probably at least the 20th time. When you see it, you can't look away... That's a sign of a true masterpiece🙂.

  • @tmoore4075
    @tmoore4075 Год назад +9

    Great movie. I love the revenge part of the movie and it is just so well done. Great acting, amazing cinematography and you sat there and couldn't wait for him to off them all.

  • @bahribahri8136
    @bahribahri8136 Год назад +5

    Brando, Al Pacino, Dustin Hoffman, Anthony Hopkins, Denzel, Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman, Daniel Day Lewis, Gary Oldman. Christian Bale. GOATS.

  • @iii2187
    @iii2187 Год назад +6

    That movie is a masterpiece, the movie makes you feel, It's a rollercoaster of emotions, denzel portrays his best character ever, he deserved an oscar for this movie too...training day is another masterpiece

  • @djordjelezajic8435
    @djordjelezajic8435 Год назад +9

    Denzel' s character looks realistic because he is flawed and the end of the movie is a little different from what most people expect ( not to reveal too much for those who might want to see it).The girl ( Dakota Fanning) steals the show by her mature acting( given her age in the movie), and there is a role for Marc Anthony in the movie,( for fans of Latin superstar.)

  • @jamesmorant1406
    @jamesmorant1406 Год назад +4

    Good great performances by Denzel Washington and Dakota Fanning and Tony Scott never got the recognition he deserved as a director

  • @graphthis2249
    @graphthis2249 Год назад +1

    This movie was one of my top 5 favourites of the early 2000s

  • @JasonON
    @JasonON Год назад +6

    I love this movie! Unlike nostnaction films, this movie focuses on the character of Creasy and his need to fight for something greater than himself. I think a lot of us veterans can relate.
    It is quite possibly the best "Punisher" movie ever made.

    • @charoleawood
      @charoleawood Год назад

      I don't see Man on Fire as a Punisher movie, Frank Castle and John Creasy are different characters.
      My favorite Punisher is the 2004 flick, same year that Man on Fire came out.
      I do think that Man on Fire is an even better flick than Punisher.

  • @34stzoo
    @34stzoo Год назад +3

    It’s funny that when this movie was first released. The critics bashed it badly but now it’s a masterpiece, go figure.

    • @shadowaccount
      @shadowaccount Год назад

      I remember instantly buying the DVD a couple days after I watched this on FX back in the day !

  • @levibarnes3680
    @levibarnes3680 Год назад +3

    Great movie, always stood out as Denzel’s best and one of the best movies I’ve ever watched. Every 2-3 yrs I rewatch it and every time I’m hit with the feels

  • @pennywiseflyz9130
    @pennywiseflyz9130 Месяц назад

    This is a perfect example of why critics are a waste of space. This movie has everything and I hope we can get back to these gems

  • @asifkhan4822
    @asifkhan4822 Год назад +7

    Wow it's quite interesting to learn that Tony Scott's ambition to direct Man on Fire 🔥 actually goes all the way back to the 1980's. But his failure with his debut The Hunger, got him kicked off the original 1987 version of Man on Fire with Scott Glenn. Scott's 2004 remake is the far Superior version with a masterclass performance in acting by the legend that is Denzel Washington. I would go so far as to say Washington's version of Creasey probably maybe an influence on Antoine Fuqua casting him as the new Robert McCall in The Equalizer. Both characters employ innovative tactics to get vengeance and justice for those they love and care for. The seeds were laid in this movie very well and I don't think you can get a much better and definitive version. Washington had done Crimson Tide with Scott in 1995. But his collaboration on this movie is probably why they continued to work on further projects after this. After Washington, Christopher Walken is inspired casting as his buddy Rayburn who breaks down brilliantly when he says "Creasey's art is death and he is about to paint his greatest masterpiece."

  • @adanrios7951
    @adanrios7951 Год назад +3

    A retrospect on my 4th favorite movie of all time - and done by Chris!!!!

  • @DR.slzzzp
    @DR.slzzzp 2 месяца назад

    this and out of time are among cinema’s BEST

  • @davidtatro7457
    @davidtatro7457 Год назад +1

    It's a fantastic movie overall. The original adaptation with Scott Glenn is also excellent and l really cannot imagine why it gets any hate.

  • @omairjaved1529
    @omairjaved1529 3 месяца назад

    This is my most favorite movie that made me a fan of Danzel and Dakotta. And not to mention that the score of this movie is just fucking out of this world! That last scene will always live in my mind rent free!

  • @vortex925
    @vortex925 Год назад +2

    I consider this as a precursor to denzel getting the equaliser and fits in as unintentionally prequel. Especially now with Dakota in the latest equaliser.

  • @williamramirez7559
    @williamramirez7559 Год назад +1

    The musical score alone sets the tone of the movie, especially at the end where he passed away in the car with Lisa Gerrard song playing.

  • @Lehmann108
    @Lehmann108 3 месяца назад

    One of my top five films. A masterpiece. Now a TV series? Good luck!

  • @nottobebelieved8608
    @nottobebelieved8608 Год назад +1

    Not every movie works for everybody. This movie works for me.

  • @shanecordova6970
    @shanecordova6970 Год назад +3

    This was and still is my favorite of his movies

  • @bluearrow548
    @bluearrow548 Год назад +1

    Glory was his best movie, Man on fire is fantastic too!

  • @SpencerGatten
    @SpencerGatten Год назад +1

    one of my top fave movies of all time

  • @kendallrivers1119
    @kendallrivers1119 Год назад +2

    Definitely in my top five along with Malcolm X, Devil in a Blue Dress, Deja Vu and John Q. There's only one John Creasey and that's Denzel Washington.

  • @LeonardoKlotz
    @LeonardoKlotz Год назад +5

    RIP Tony Scott

  • @Sleepy_Spaghetti
    @Sleepy_Spaghetti Год назад +1

    Man on Fire is one of my all time favorites! A revenge-o-matic that delivers the goods!

  • @cameron818
    @cameron818 8 месяцев назад +1

    This Movie is FANTASTIC, Cinematography, Soundtrack, Story. I cannot believe how bad the reviews are. 39 on Rotten Tomatoes? Give Me a Break.

  • @jasonloveswatchingmovies7002
    @jasonloveswatchingmovies7002 Год назад +1

    Glory, Training Day, Man On Fire, Inside Man, American Gangster, The Book Of Eli, The Equalizer what else he got. everything about this guy is great.
    I love every Denzel Washington collaboration movies with the director Tony Scott includes Crimson Tide, Man On Fire, Deja Vu, The Taking Of Pelham 123 and Unstoppable but Man On Fire is the best for me.
    It was just revenge movie but the chemistry between Denzel and Dakota in this movie were great like father try to protect daughter but they were not.
    The torture scenes in this movie was so brutal and raw.
    The final scene the bridge exchange the hostage scene just makes me cry everytime I watch.

  • @Malum09
    @Malum09 Год назад +3

    I would argue that this is T. Scott’s masterpiece.

  • @BuckarooBanzai84
    @BuckarooBanzai84 Год назад +4

    I'm a little surprised you didn't mention how the movie changes the ending from the book. Also, does anyone else ever notice the similarities between this one and 'The Professional'...? =)

  • @TheJulior1983
    @TheJulior1983 Год назад +1

    Gladiator is my favorite movie but Man on fire is up is a close second, hadn’t really thought about that those movies were made by brothers

  • @terryf6696
    @terryf6696 Год назад +3

    I adore this movie ! Definitely a masterpiece. Big Tony Scott fan in general anyway.

  • @eyesofpicasso
    @eyesofpicasso Год назад

    scott was knocking em outta tha park at the end of his career:
    man on fire, domino, unstoppable, taking of pelham 123. etc...

  • @galidroo
    @galidroo Год назад

    whenever i hear Linda Ronstadt I think of this movie. It came out right after I graduated high school and i watched it so many times.

  • @philipcalderon3208
    @philipcalderon3208 Год назад +2

    Could you please do a retrospective review for “Unstoppable” (2010)? It’s my personal favorite Tony Scott Movie.

  • @nicholassiple7838
    @nicholassiple7838 Год назад +1

    I actually agree and i love so many Denzel films.

  • @charoleawood
    @charoleawood Год назад

    6:59
    Abandon isn't the Clint Mansell score you should have mentioned, Man on Fire pays more clear homage to Mansell's work from Requiem for a Dream.

  • @MaddSweetGT500
    @MaddSweetGT500 Год назад +1

    I think between this movie, training day and remember the Titans... Its a trifecta of awesomeness. Personally i love Fallen also.

  • @glencurtis6052
    @glencurtis6052 Год назад +1

    It's between this and Training Day for me

  • @mg19cal
    @mg19cal Год назад

    6:38 they used music from the film "Phone Booth" as well (both were Fox films)

  • @MarioLamRedRebel
    @MarioLamRedRebel Год назад +2

    I love this movie and one or two times a year i Watch it...... So i agree with you 👍 best Scott and Denzel Washington movie. They dont make them like this anymore. Greetings from the Netherlands 👍

  • @finalrambobino
    @finalrambobino Год назад +1

    Nice to see they are remaking it and calling it Equalizer 3

  • @filippos13
    @filippos13 Год назад +7

    A great action film. Probably the last great hard R film until the revival of action films that targeted adults in the mid 2010s

    • @chasehedges6775
      @chasehedges6775 Год назад

      @@matthewdaley746 😂😂😂👎👎. The ending was awesome

    • @commycasty
      @commycasty Год назад

      Nah Running scared 2006 was .

    • @filippos13
      @filippos13 Год назад

      @@commycasty Hell no, that was awful

    • @charoleawood
      @charoleawood Год назад

      @@commycasty
      Running Scared --- good flick! Also see "The Cooler" by the same director.

  • @mathieuduval7544
    @mathieuduval7544 Год назад +2

    Cant believe i never saw this movie, i have to see it!!!.... just saw a couple of weeks ago the Substitute for the 1st time and i thought it was really good and Mark Anthony was in it playing the bad guy and he was great, dont know why he wasn't in more movies!?

    • @shadowaccount
      @shadowaccount Год назад +1

      Highly recommend this one.

    • @charoleawood
      @charoleawood Год назад

      Have you seen Man on Fire yet? It's one of my absolute favorite films. Marc Anthony is in another of my all-time favorites --- Bringing Out the Dead. Very different movies, though.

    • @mathieuduval7544
      @mathieuduval7544 Год назад +1

      @@charoleawood.... i actually didn't, right now im in a horror movie vibe but in november i will try to watch...tbh i completely forgot but i watch some Denzel movies in the last couple of months... Unstoppable and Out of Time... good movies and AMAZING actor, top 5 of all time!!!

  • @bryedtan
    @bryedtan Год назад +1

    This is a terrific film one of my favorites great acting from everybody, decent story terrific lines and a solid direction from Tony Scott. Now I live in the Philippines in Southeast Asia when I saw this in theaters it was packed. I was not sure if it was the large spate of kidnappings that was occurring at the time but SPOILERS
    In the Scene where Creasy cut off the guys finger to blowing up the corrupt cop everybody in the theater just clapped their hands on those scenes.

  • @lobstercoco
    @lobstercoco Год назад +1

    I Can see denzel's son taking on the roll he's a very good actor and he has his own take on his father's style of acting so it wouldn't be a bad choice TBH.

  • @chasehedges6775
    @chasehedges6775 Год назад +2

    Denzel is such a legend

  • @CoreyRossArt
    @CoreyRossArt Год назад +1

    good stuff Chris. one of my faves

  • @biffwellington1782
    @biffwellington1782 Год назад +1

    I just watched this yesterday. Forgot how good it was.

  • @DrewTrox
    @DrewTrox Год назад

    The Nightwatch and Daywatch subtitles are amazing.

  • @DeOneandLonely
    @DeOneandLonely Год назад +1

    Too bad most people are unsubscribing from Netflix for being greedy. Also I see it as a protest for canceling good shows. #BringBackDarkCrystal

  • @UziNineMillomeetah
    @UziNineMillomeetah Год назад +1

    My favorite Denzel flick.

  • @danielmankowski922
    @danielmankowski922 Год назад +2

    While Tony Scott made the superior version, still recommend the version with Scott Glenn. They are a good double feature!

  • @JaymesMedia
    @JaymesMedia Год назад +1

    Definitely underrated

  • @matute33
    @matute33 Год назад

    I love that movie, it's my Top favorite

  • @carlredbird3054
    @carlredbird3054 Год назад +2

    Definitely his best, this movie is so good. A bullet always tells the truth

  • @garyharper2943
    @garyharper2943 Год назад +1

    Great movie, like to see it get 4K treatment.

  • @peteypablo7162
    @peteypablo7162 Год назад +3

    I love your videos

  • @gray-fox-iii
    @gray-fox-iii Год назад

    The 2 films that ALWAYS make me "Boo-Hoo/Ugly Cry" at their ends are made by the Scott Brothers: Gladiator and Man On Fire.
    100% agree, Netflix should leave perfection alone.
    Would love to see another big screen outing of Washington reprising the Creasy role with prequel stories or something. Which I always kind of saw The Equalizer films as a good surrogate.

  • @andrewparris1486
    @andrewparris1486 Год назад +1

    One of my Top 10 movies.

  • @davidfrischknecht8261
    @davidfrischknecht8261 Год назад

    My first Denzel Washington film was The Siege which also starred Bruce Willis.

  • @WH250398
    @WH250398 6 месяцев назад

    Dakota Fanning impressed me!

  • @robvegas9354
    @robvegas9354 Год назад +1

    An absolute cracker of a movie! Denzel and Tony's movies are always great.

  • @andrewbyrne7321
    @andrewbyrne7321 Год назад +1

    Man on fire is my favourite movie of denzel that and training day are my favourites of his

  • @SylvesterAshcroft88
    @SylvesterAshcroft88 Год назад +1

    This film is a masterpiece.

  • @txdave13
    @txdave13 Год назад

    I've always thought this movie looked interesting, but have never seen it. Sounds like I'm missing out. Adding it to my "must watch" list, now.

    • @charoleawood
      @charoleawood Год назад

      Did you see Man on Fire yet? What did you think?

  • @tomhahnl1927
    @tomhahnl1927 Год назад

    A great typically Tony Scott style Movie, I loved it!

  • @humdrum5509
    @humdrum5509 Год назад +1

    Nice video, ui was just thinking how this is my favorite action movie

    • @charoleawood
      @charoleawood Год назад

      To me Man on Fire is a drama and not a pure action flick. I think that Die Hard With a Vengeance is the best pure action movie ever made. Both are among my most favorite films of all time.

  • @madmax1717
    @madmax1717 Год назад +1

    One of the best movies.

  • @anthonygordon9483
    @anthonygordon9483 Год назад

    You forgot about the movie Ricochet. He was some what a action star in that film.

  • @johnnywhiteiii3511
    @johnnywhiteiii3511 Год назад +1

    An action movie classic in my eyes damn the critics.

  • @DevilDogMuNky
    @DevilDogMuNky Год назад

    I really wanted Creasy to go out killing The Voice in the end!

  • @deadbeats4894
    @deadbeats4894 Год назад +1

    Great film. I gotta read the book.

    • @stubatman3103
      @stubatman3103 Год назад

      Amazing books once u read the first the rest wont be far behind 👌👌

  • @j.mieses8139
    @j.mieses8139 Год назад +1

    Great Movie!

  • @Makadocious88
    @Makadocious88 Год назад

    I rented on dvd, amazing movie

  • @CornishCreamtea07
    @CornishCreamtea07 Год назад

    I'm mixed on this era of Scotts directing style, it has some effective shots here and there, but it also gets to extreme at points. I feel he didn't really nail this style down until Unstoppable.

  • @jamesmorgan3212
    @jamesmorgan3212 Год назад +1

    Yes ! I think it’s his best .

  • @jasonjones7461
    @jasonjones7461 Год назад

    Depends on your definition of best. I think "Ricochet" is his best movie. Its one if the most ridiculous unhinged performances ive ever seen him give. Its like denzel and john Lithgow just try to out-crazy each other for the last half of the movie and its simply glorious

  • @lightscameronreaction6860
    @lightscameronreaction6860 Год назад

    Philadelphia and Training Day are 2 of his best.

  • @daveyboy_
    @daveyboy_ Год назад +1

    You forget Santana 's Oye Como va

  • @CornishCreamtea07
    @CornishCreamtea07 Год назад

    Washington had portrayed an alcoholic before this Film, In the Line of Duty, and later again in Flight.

  • @boondocktax5179
    @boondocktax5179 Год назад

    I love all of denzels movies but I have a soft spot for " Fallen" and....."Virtuosity"😂

  • @TyyTheFlyGuy
    @TyyTheFlyGuy Год назад +1

    Yes it is.

  • @valzod3808
    @valzod3808 Год назад

    His most iconic role is Traning day his best film is Devil in a blue dress

  • @filmfreak21
    @filmfreak21 Год назад +1

    Its a masterpiece

  • @charylliss1721
    @charylliss1721 Год назад +1

    Oh my gosh I so love Man on Fire. Please Please Don't ruin. It.

  • @jtgd
    @jtgd Год назад

    Would be a good title for a Human Torch stand alone film

  • @jerimiem
    @jerimiem Год назад

    its a great movie, wish the alternate ending was the actual ending.

  • @kyattodaddo
    @kyattodaddo Год назад

    I still hate how they only used the first 15% of the book for the plot of the movie.