SETTING: Mexico City during the the escalated time of kidnappings within the city.
RATING: R, ACTION, CRIME, DRAMA.
PLOT: Creasy (Denzel Washington) is a down and out retired special forces living life one day at a time until Rayburn (Christopher Walken) offers him a job protecting a wealthy family in Mexico City.
QUOTE: Rayburn: A man can be an artist... in anything, food, whatever. It depends on how good he is at it. Creasey's art is death. He's about to paint his masterpiece.
THOUGHTS: the torrential struggle between Creasy and his demons has driven him to become quite the alcoholic, mmmm Jack Daniels....... Anyway the grainy texture to the film helps put the situation into perspective as you watch the revenge and mayhem ensue.
SYNOPSIS: Creasy is told about a job available in Mexico City, being a bum alcoholic the man has few choices and takes the job. Meeting Samuel(Marc Anthony) Creasy is offered the job but must meet Samuel's wifes approval, which without must chatter she hires him on the spot to protect her and their daughter Pita (Dakota Fanning.)
Pita becomes quite attached to the severely unattached Creasy. after much bonding the unlikely pair become fast friends giving Creasy a new reason to live. Here enters the conflict of our story, as you may have guessed Pita is kidnapped. At this point Creasy becomes the assassin he has tried so hard to contain.With his reason for living has been torn from his bloody fingers Creasy leaves behind a wake of blood and chaos behind him. With the help of Rayburn, Creasy pulls together an arsenal the would make Rambo jealous. with his new found horde Creasy runs the gambit from the lower eschalon to the upper limits of the local government. here ends my Synopsis of our tale, (I don't want to give away the firework finale.)
CONCLUSION: A must see for the action seeker in your house, and yes that would be me in our house. Denzel is superb in his part and Dakota is as cute as ever even in her grungiest.
MY RATING: for an action flick i give this film a 4 out of 5 for the cinematography, plot and use of FIREPOWER!
IMDB REVIEW: 3 OUT OF 10. A substandard revenge flick made somewhat palatable only by the star power and unforced charisma of its two leads.
Denzel's character's dynamics were heart wrenching. All around wonderful performances. While the action was outstanding, the connection between Creasy and the little girl is very touching. Yeah, I cried. More than a little.
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