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 (2004), R -- ... one of my favorite actors in not one of my favorite films.  Cast/Crew Details Courtesy Internet Movie Database Production (US): Fox 2000 Pictures, New Regency Pictures, Regency Enterprises Distribution (US): 20th Century Fox Film Corporation Director(s): Tony Scott Producer(s): Lucas Foster, Conrad Hool, Lance Hool, Arnon Milchan, Tony Scott, James W. Skotchdopole, Peter Toumasis, Novel: A.J. Quinnell Screenplay: Brian Helgeland Cinematography/Camera: Paul Cameron Music: Justin Caine Burnett, Toby Chu, Harry Gregson-Williams Film Editing: Christian Wagner Casting: Lucinda Syson, Manuel Teil, Bonnie Timmermann Production Design: Benjamín Fernández, Chris Seagers Art Direction: Hector C. Romero: Viewed At: Driftwood Theater 6 Brutal, sadistic violence. That is the single term that best describes the content of Man in Fire. Ex-assassin John Creasy (Denzel Washington) is on a Mexican road of vengeance with cold and ruthless focus and resolve. Or so the filmmakers want you to think about the character. Denzel Washington is one of my favorite actors in not one of my favorite films. If there is a recent parallel to this film, it was The Punisher. Both star a shot-up crusader recuperating then wreaking tons of revenge on the perpetrators of a heinous crime. By the suggestion of Creasy's pal Rayburne (Christopher Walken), Creasy seeks employment as a bodyguard in Mexico where the kidnapping rate is 24 per day. Samuel (Marc Anthony) and Lisa (Radha Mitchell) Ramos hired Creasy, under financial stress, to protect their daughter from the brotherhood, La Hermandad, led by Daniel Sanchez, a.k.a The Voice (Gustavo Sánchez Parra). La Hermandad was known for kidnapping family members to extort money from wealthy business men. A young girl, Lupita Martin Ramos (Dakota Fanning) was abducted while under Creasy's protection. If there is one to be given any acting awards in this film, it should be Fanning. She was g-o-o-d. Not since Shirley Temple have I heard a girl her age who can use her talents to express from raw terror to warm tenderness and sincerity PLUS matter-of-fact sobriety as well as Dakota. She meets the demands of the role most excellently. For about the first half of the 138-minute show, Creasy builds a relationship with Pita. It is the relationship that gives Creasy meaning to his life which had previously been lost in a bottle and a gun. Along with getting a bargain in body guard fees with Creasy, the Ramos' got his drinking problems, too. Amidst the daze of fighting his drinking problem, Creasy vows to find - and kill - those responsible for abducting Pita. Creasy admits what he is going to do: "What I do best. I am going to kill them." Rayburne describes Creasy as an artist with a lethal paintbrush and that he is about to paint his masterpiece. Rayburne also stated that Creasy can do more for cleaning up Mexico in 10 minute than the law can do in ten years. Creasy becomes as close to an outlaw as close can be without being there. He is labeled a cop-killer since Creasy killed two uniform cops in the gun battle surrounding Pita's abduction. Not yet charged with any crime and with the aid of a journalist Mariana (Rachel Ticotin) Creasy launches his vendetta with access to otherwise impossible information and resources. And, as usual, the police are corrupt ... except for Manzano (Giancarlo Giannini) who may be the only honest plain-clothes cop on the force. If anyone has seen the trailers for this film, remember the scene where Creasy (Washington) walks away from a car exploding under an overpass behind him? Well, that was from an explosive device Creasy placed in the rectum of one of the bad guys. That is just a sample of the caliber of brutality and sadism in this film. And this is immediately following the likewise sadism in The Punisher. Shades Ps 12:8! Now we compete for the most vile to sell the most. Oh, how we toy with 2 Tim. 3:1 - 5. Carnage is rampant, thus the zero score in Wanton Violence/Crime [Prov. 3:31-32]. The use of the most foul of the foul words triples the uses of the others of the three/four letter word vocabulary, the reason for a zero score in also Impudence/Hate [Col. 3:8]. Drinking alcoholic beverages and smoking plus consumption of illegal drugs drained the starting 100 points of the Drugs/Alcohol investigation area [Eph. 5:18]. Oddly enough, the Murder/Suicide score was not zero in spite of the at least eleven murders [Rev. 21:8]. Yeah, maybe this movie is rated R but that does not stop the underage attendance. More than half of all moviegoers are non-adult (Loews movie trivia) and more than half of all non-cartoon, feature length movies generally available to the public are rated R (
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 Wanton Violence/Crime (W) Impudence/Hate (I) Sexual Immorality (S) Drugs/Alcohol (D): Offense to God (O) Murder/Suicide (M) |
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| There are some in the entertainment industry who maintain that 1) violent programming is harmless because no studies exist that prove a connection between violent entertainment and aggressive behavior in children, and 2) young people know that television, movies, and video games are simply fantasy. Unfortunately, they are wrong on both accounts." And "Viewing violence may lead to real life violence." I applaud these associations for fortifying 1 Cor. 15:33. Read the rest of the story. From our more than eight years of study, I contend that other aberrant behaviors, attitudes, and expressions can be inserted in place of "violence" in that statement. Our Director - Child Psychology Support, a licensed psychologist and certified school psychologist concurs. For example, "Viewing arrogance against fair authority may lead to your kids defying you in real life." Or "Viewing sex may lead to sex in real life." Likewise and especially with impudence, hate and foul language. I further contend that any positive behavior can be inserted in place of "violence" with the same chance or likelihood of being a behavior template for the observer; of being incorporated into the behavior mechanics and/or coping skills of the observer. In choosing your entertainment, please consider carefully the "rest of the story" and our findings. |
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