Director: Tony Scott
Writers: A.J. Quinnell (novel), Brian Helgeland (screenplay)
Stars: Denzel Washington, Christopher Walken, Dakota Fanning | See full cast and crew
Storyline
A wave of kidnappings has swept through Mexico, feeding a growing sense
of panic among its wealthier citizens, especially parents. In one
six-day period, there were twenty-four abductions, leading many to hire
bodyguards for their children. Into this world enters John Creasy, a
burned-out ex-CIA operative/assassin, who has given up on life. Creasy's
friend Rayburn brings him to Mexico City to be a bodyguard to
nine-year-old Pita Ramos, daughter of industrialist Samuel Ramos and his
wife Lisa. Creasy is not interested in being a bodyguard, especially to
a youngster, but for lack of something better to do, he accepts the
assignment. Creasy barely tolerates the precocious child and her
pestering questions about him and his life. But slowly, she chips away
at his seemingly impenetrable exterior, his defenses drop, and he opens
up to her. Creasy's new-found purpose in life is shattered when Pita is
kidnapped. Despite being seriously wounded during the kidnapping, he
vows to kill anyone ...
User Reviews
Here's a gritty,
get-the-bad guys revenge story starring a relentless and rough Denzel
Washington. He's three personalities here: a down-and-out-low-key-now
drunk- former mercenary, then a loving father-type person to a little
girl and then a brutal maniac on the loose seeking answers and revenge.
The story is about Washington hired to be a bodyguard for a little American girl living in Mexico, where kidnappings of children occur regularly (at least according to the movie.) He becomes attached to the kid, played winningly by THE child actress of our day, Dakota Fanning. When Fanning is kidnapped in front of him, Washington goes after the men responsible and spares no one. Beware: this film is not for the squeamish.
This is stylish film-making, which is good and bad. I liked it, but a number of people found it too frenetic for their tastes as the camera-work is one that could give you a headache. I thought it fit the tense storyline and was fascinating to view, but it's (the shaky camera) not for all tastes.
Besides the two stars, there is the always-interesting Christopher Walken, in an uncharacteristically low-key role, and a number of other fine actors.
The film panders to the base emotions in all of us, but it works.
The story is about Washington hired to be a bodyguard for a little American girl living in Mexico, where kidnappings of children occur regularly (at least according to the movie.) He becomes attached to the kid, played winningly by THE child actress of our day, Dakota Fanning. When Fanning is kidnapped in front of him, Washington goes after the men responsible and spares no one. Beware: this film is not for the squeamish.
This is stylish film-making, which is good and bad. I liked it, but a number of people found it too frenetic for their tastes as the camera-work is one that could give you a headache. I thought it fit the tense storyline and was fascinating to view, but it's (the shaky camera) not for all tastes.
Besides the two stars, there is the always-interesting Christopher Walken, in an uncharacteristically low-key role, and a number of other fine actors.
The film panders to the base emotions in all of us, but it works.
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