Review of Man on Fire (1987) by Daniel S — 07 Sep 2015

This has gotten to be pretty well known in the past decade, so I figured id get hip and check it out, it was way more focused on character development than I thought, as there really isnt any action until almost an hour in, and it worked, as I definitely bought the bond between Denzel and Dakota (who did a great job despite being only 9) and made his revenge mission all the more believable, I admit I was really into the story, but it was ruined by the super unnecessary tony scott fast cuts, which are just super distracting and took me out of the movie, the scenes without them, where's there's just characters talking, work great, idk why he felt the need to add these things, I know they're his trademark, but it seemed way more present than in his other films, id still recommend based on the story and actors, but it couldve been way better.