13 January 2007

Man on Fire [8/10]

Denzel is an alcoholic former assassin who's impervious to bullets and has a whole list of unfortunate fuckers to kill; Christopher Walken is his standard parody of himself (which at this point is all I can remember him ever being); various bad guys get their comeuppances (including one by way of the old c4 up the ass trick); the creepy acting cyborg (also known as Dakota Fanning) is mercifully absent from the second half; and Mickey Rourke is involved. There's no way this flick couldn't be great. I just really hope someone tells Tony Scot that it's possible to overuse jump cuts and shaky cam shots before he does any more needless damage to otherwise great movies.

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