Man on Fire

Man on Fire

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

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Release Date

9/4/1987

Runtime

93 mins

Overview

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

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Revenue

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A weary, damaged man finds unexpected grace in protecting an innocent child, until tragedy forces him into a reckoning with his own capacity for violence. It's a quiet character study shadowed by dread.

Mood

WistfulTenseMournful

Themes

RedemptionIsolationGriefFamily

Tone

Tender

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

Naturalistic

Structure

Linear

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Graphic violenceChild endangerment

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