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.
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    Andrea GronvallChicago Reader
    Washington has chosen wisely, and he hasn't had to wait long.
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    Nathan 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.
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    Nell MinowCommon Sense Media
    Extremely violent; not for kids.
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    Time 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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    Anthony 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.
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    Keith GarlingtonKeith & the Movies
    At almost two-and-a-half hours the film really needs more meat on its bones.
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    Richard PropesTheIndependentCritic.com
    This is a merely average film that had much more potential.
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    Fernando 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]
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    Leigh PaatschHerald Sun (Australia)
    Highly involving revenge thriller featuring yet another top-notch performance from the great Denzel Washington.
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