Theater III: Man on Fire (2004)

Published: March 7, 2017, 3 p.m.

b'The time for love and happiness is over and now we are switching our feelings to anger and revenge with 2004\\u2019s Man on Fire. \\xa0Denzel Washington stars as John Creasy, a retired CIA assassin, who has taken a job as the bodyguard for Samuel Ramos\\u2019 young daughter Pita. \\xa0At first, Creasy doesn\\u2019t want to open up to Pita about his personal life or his past and rejects her attempts to become \\u201cfriends\\u201d. \\xa0Eventually, they begin to bond over Pita\\u2019s swim training as Creasy assists her in overcoming her fear of the starting gunshot and to become a championship swimmer. \\xa0Once they have formed a close relationship, Pita is kidnapped in broad daylight while Creasy is gunned down as he tries to fend off the attackers. \\xa0This was the worst mistake they could have made. \\xa0Creasy recovers enough to hunt down those responsible for what happened and make them tell him everything they know before he kills them on his way up the ladder to \\u201cThe Voice\\u201d. \\xa0This movie is a badass ride from beginning to end. \\xa0It has lots of stuff Mike and Matt like and a bunch of stuff Claire hates. \\xa0Denzel is awesome, so is Dakota Fanning and the rest of the cast does a pretty good job as well. \\xa0If you haven\\u2019t seen this movie go watch it now.'