Man on Fire
critic Reviews
, 38% Rotten Tomatometer Score- Man on Fire's solid action and top-shelf cast are undone by a relentlessly grim story that gets harder to take the longer it goes on.
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreAndrea GronvallChicago Reader
Washington has chosen wisely, and he hasn't had to wait long.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreNathan RabinAV Club
Scott's latest exercise in assaultive excess nevertheless lingers for two and a half hours, like a drunken houseguest who won't leave.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreNell MinowCommon Sense Media
Extremely violent; not for kids.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreTime Out StaffTime Out
It ought to be seriously unpalatable stuff, yet there's something so cherishably naff about Scott's jumping-bean cutting and hokey-cokey camerawork that it's almost a guilty pleasure.
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- , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreAnthony QuinnIndependent (UK)
If it's just Scott's way of saying, "Get a load of this, Quentin", the speed of response (12 years since Reservoir Dogs) leaves something to be desired.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreKeith GarlingtonKeith & the Movies
At almost two-and-a-half hours the film really needs more meat on its bones.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreRichard PropesTheIndependentCritic.com
This is a merely average film that had much more potential.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreFernando LopezLa Nación (Argentina)
A film that ends up being tedious due to its excessive duration, annoying by its formal lack of control. [Full Review in Spanish]
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreLeigh PaatschHerald Sun (Australia)
Highly involving revenge thriller featuring yet another top-notch performance from the great Denzel Washington.
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