The film follows a despondent, alcoholic former CIA officer-turned- bodyguard, who embarks on a violent revenge spree after a nine-year-old under his charge is kidnapped in Mexico City. Man on Fire was released in the United States by 20th Century Fox on April 23, 2004.

Man on Fire: Directed by Tony Scott. With Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, Radha Mitchell, Christopher Walken. In Mexico City, a former CIA operative swears vengeance on those who committed an unspeakable act against the family he was hired to protect.

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Apr 23, 2004 · Tony Scott’s “Man on Fire” employs superb craftsmanship and a powerful Denzel Washington performance in an attempt to elevate genre material above its natural level, but it fails. The underlying story isn’t worth the effort.

In Mexico City, a former CIA operative swears vengeance on those who committed an unspeakable act against the family he was hired to protect. Hard-drinking, burnt-out ex-CIA operative John Creasy has given up on life until he's hired …

Hard-drinking, burnt-out CIA operative John Creasy has given up on life—until he’s hired as a bodyguard to nine-year-old Lupita Ramos.

Jaded 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.

Apr 23, 2004 · A schizophrenic outing from habitually hysterical director Tony Scott (True Romance, The Fan), Man on Fire is a movie of two unreconcilable halves.