Man on Fire

Man on Fire

1987 · 93 min · EN · R · 5.8 (57 votes)
Dir. Élie Chouraqui · Starring Scott Glenn, Jade Malle, Brooke Adams, Jonathan Pryce, Danny Aiello, Joe Pesci · Music John Scott

For an ex-CIA agent, the job of bodyguard for a 12-year old girl should have been a breeze…

DramaThriller

Creasy, a traumatized ex-CIA agent, gets a job as a bodyguard for Samantha, the twelve-year-old daughter of a wealthy Italian family living in a swanky villa on the shores of Lake Como.

VIBE

A brooding, atmospheric thriller that slowly builds tension. It's a character study of a broken man finding purpose, punctuated by bursts of brutal, cathartic violence. Feels like a sun-drenched European vacation gone terribly wrong.

grittyintensemelancholicviolentsteadyneo-noircharacter-drivenEuropean cinemaredemptionrevengetraumafound family
based on novel or bookbodyguardorganized crimechild kidnappingex-cia agentadult child friendshiplake comoitalytraumatized man
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