Long before Keanu Reeves and Liam Neeson became action heroes, Denzel Washington was fighting off the bad guys in an exceptional thriller based on a bestselling novel. Perfect for those who love John Wick and Taken, the movie has just blasted onto free streaming, making now as good a time as any to revisit it.
Denzel Washington Beings the Heat in a Fiery Action Thriller
Hitting theaters in 2004, Washington leads Man on Fire as John Creasy, a highly trained former government operative struggling with alcoholism and depression. Traveling to Mexico to visit his old friend Paul Rayburn (Christopher Walken), Creasy takes a job protecting the nine-year-old daughter of a wealthy automaker. Seems easy enough for a guy like him.
However, things take a turn for the worse when the girl is kidnapped on Creasy’s watch. Unfortunately for the bad guys, he transforms back into the relentless killing machine he was in his old life and embarks on a violent mission of revenge against everyone responsible.
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Based on the 1980 novel of the same name by A. J. Quinnell, Man on Fire is an uncompromising movie that blends emotional storytelling with visceral brutality to deliver a revenge film that, at times, is surprisingly tender. One of its greatest strengths is the relationship between Creasy and young Pita (played by Dakota Fanning), which helps elevate it beyond a conventional action thriller before all hell breaks loose in the movie’s second and third acts.
That being said, while Man on Fire is often cited as one of Washington’s best action movies, critics didn’t have many good things to say about it. To this day, the film holds just a 38% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with the consensus being that the movie’s “solid action and top-shelf cast are undone by a relentlessly grim story that gets harder to take the longer it goes on.” Audiences appreciated the adaptation way more, scoring it 89%.
‘Man on Fire’ Is Now Streaming Free
After being unavailable for a hot minute on any major streaming platform in the United States, Man on Fire has officially made its way back onto free streaming. Washington’s top-notch action thriller is now available on Pluto TV, meaning it won’t cost you anything but a few ad breaks to enjoy it for the first, or hundredth time.
Of course, the 2004 film wasn’t the first adaptation of Quinnell’s novel, nor was it the last. The book first exploded onto the big screen in a 1987 movie starring Scott Glenn as Creasy, and though it’s not as good as Washington’s film that was directed by the late great Tony Scott, it’s still a decent 80s action thriller that’s worth tracking down.
The third adaptation of the novel came thanks to Netflix. It was developed into a series that premiered earlier this year and stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as the ex-mercenary out for revenge. That being said, Netflix’s version of Man on Fire makes significant changes from the source material and the 2004 film, so don’t expect a beat-for-beat remake if you decide to binge-watch all seven episodes.
