Man on Fire

1987
R
1h 32m

IMDb RATING

5.8/10

3.2K

YOUR RATING

Scott Glenn and Jade Malle in Man on Fire (1987)

A former CIA agent, John Creasy, is hired as a bodyguard for a girl in Italy, who becomes the daughter he never had. When she is abducted, Creasy's fiery rage is unleashed, and despite being badly wounded, embarks on a bloody revenge spree.

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A former CIA agent, Christian Creasy, becomes in Italy the bodyguard of a girl who awakens in him a tenderness he never felt before. When she is abducted, Creasy's fiery rage is unleashed, a... Read allA former CIA agent, Christian Creasy, becomes in Italy the bodyguard of a girl who awakens in him a tenderness he never felt before. When she is abducted, Creasy's fiery rage is unleashed, and he embarks on a bloody revenge spree.A former CIA agent, Christian Creasy, becomes in Italy the bodyguard of a girl who awakens in him a tenderness he never felt before. When she is abducted, Creasy's fiery rage is unleashed, and he embarks on a bloody revenge spree.

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IMDb RATING

5.8/10

3.2K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
Tony Scott was originally slated to direct, but the studio balked because at the time they felt he was not accomplished enough to pull off the project. He would go on to direct the second adaptation Man on Fire (2004).

Goofs
When going after Sandri, Creasy gets into a shootout with two men. The blonde man in the doorway takes a bullet to the chest and drops his revolver before falling face down, dead. The gun is against his right foot. Once the camera pans back to him as Creasy crawls to him, the gun is now clutched in the dead man's right hand.

Quotes
[last title card]
Title Card: "Guys like us ain't got nobody in the world...... but not us, Lenny said." John Steinbeck "Of Mice and Men"

Connections
Featured in Sven Uslings Bio: Sämsta filmer 2019 Del 1: Plats 20-11 (2020)

Soundtracks
Someone to Watch Over Me
Words and Music by George Gershwin (as George) and Ira Gershwin
Published by 'WB Music Corp. [us]' All Rights Reserved

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Man on Fire is more that what meets the eye

I enjoyed this film when it first came out and even more when I had a chance to see it again this weekend. Though billed and treated by most as an action/thriller/revenge film it's much more than that. The aspect that really grabbed me was the development of the relationship of Scott Glenn's Chris Creasy and Jade Malle's Samantha. The gradual development of the Creasy character from an isolated and emotionally shut down loner first into a friend and finally into a surrogate father and mentor to Samantha is touching and believable. Touching and believable as well is Samantha's simultaneous evolution from a lonely if charming rich kid into Creasy's surrogate daughter and protégé. I just wish Ms. Malle, who exhibited such a strong screen presence in this film had gone on to make more films than the one other movie and one TV show credited to her on the IMDb site.