Man on Fire (1987)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | man on Fire |
| Original title | Man on Fire |
| Country of production | France , Italy |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1987 |
| length | 92 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Élie Chouraqui |
| script | Élie Chouraqui, Sergio Donati |
| production |
Robert Benmussa , Arnon Milchan |
| music | John Scott |
| camera | Gerry Fisher |
| cut | Noëlle Boisson |
| occupation | |
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Man on Fire (Original Title: Man on Fire ) is a Franco-Italian action thriller directed by Élie Chouraqui from 1987 with Scott Glenn , Jade Mall, Joe Pesci , Brooke Adams and Jonathan Pryce in the lead roles. The film is based on the novel Man on Fire (German book title: Der Söldner ) by A. J. Quinnell . In 2004, the film was Tony Scott with Denzel Washington in the title role remade .
action
In Italy, wealthy families hire bodyguards to protect family members from kidnapping . The burned-out ex-CIA agent Creasy, who works as a mercenary , is hired by Michael Balletto to protect his daughter Samantha "Sam". Creasy isn't interested in taking care of a twelve-year-old, but accepts the job because he has no other vacancies. At first Creasy does not answer the curious questions of precocious Samantha, but soon becomes friends with her. Creasy becomes Samantha's caregiver when her parents are away and supports her with advice and guidance in running training .
When Sam is kidnapped by the Mafia , Creasy is badly wounded. Although Creasy has not fully recovered, he procures guns and sets off to find Sam. While searching, he tortures and kills informants and middlemen. Before he can find Sam, Creasy is gunned down in an abandoned warehouse. Sam was killed by her kidnappers. The police find Creasy next to her body and have him pronounced dead . In the last scene of the film, you can see Creasy visiting Sam's mother Jane.
production
Tony Scott was supposed to direct, but the studio felt he had too little experience and passed the project on to director Elie Chouraqui.
criticism
The lexicon of the international film judges: "Initially trying to deepen psychological aspects, the film soon turns into a mediocre action spectacle according to the common ' A man sees red ' scheme."
Viola Wich from Filmreporter.de writes: "Chouraqui's interpretation of the book is much better than the 2004 remake of 'Man Under Fire' with Denzel Washington in the role of the bodyguard."
Web links
- Man on Fire in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Movie poster in the archive for movie posters
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for man under fire . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , December 2004 (PDF; test number: 59 216 DVD).
- ^ Trivia of the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ Man on fire. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed July 11, 2020 .
- ↑ Man on Fire on Filmreporter.de