Man on Fire is a 2004 American thriller film, based on the 1980 novel of the same name by A. J. Quinnell. Another film based on the same novel was also filmed in 1987. Man on Fire stars Denzel Washington as a despondent former CIA operative turned bodyguard. It also stars Christopher Walken, Dakota Fanning, Radha Mitchell, Giancarlo Giannini, Marc Anthony, Rachel Ticotin and Mickey Rourke. Because of the extremely high rate of kidnappings in Mexico City for ransom money, businessman Samuel Ramos hires former Marine Force Recon officer and CIA operative John Creasy to guard his nine year-old... daughter "Pita" . At first Creasy distances himself socially from Pita, but the two develop a friendship. After a piano lesson, Pita is abducted in public and Creasy is shot multiple times. The Ramos' agree to deliver a dead drop ransom of US$10 million per the instructions of "The Voice" , the mastermind of the kidnapping ring. The drop, however, is ambushed by members of a Mexican crime syndicate and the money is stolen, resulting in The Voice notifying the Ramoses that Pita will not be returned.
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| Release date: | April 21, 2004 |
| Directed by: | Tony Scott |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 146 Minutes |
| Producer: | Lucas Foster, Arnon Milchan, Tony Scott |
| Editor: | Christian Wagner |
| Music by: | Harry Gregson-Williams |
| Cinematography: | Paul Cameron |
| Screenplay by: | Brian Helgeland |
| Estimated budget: | $70,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | Man on Fire |
| Genre: | Thriller |