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Topic: Man on Fire

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Man on Fire tells the story of John Creasy, a broken ex-mercenary on a mission to avenge the death of his only friend, while protecting his fallen comrade's daughter from the forces that destroyed her family.  

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Tomorrow the first episode. Alice Braga in trailers and IMDb photos, but is not listed in the cast for some reason. Will check this out.

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Re: Man on Fire

Always a bit skeptical, when it looks like it's supposed to be a 90min movie (and would've been in the 90s / 2000s) - but yeah, already on my Watchlist as well smile

Deserved more runtime:
Abbys | Dead Like Me | Devs | Firefly | Gangsta. | Jack of all Trades | Kevin (probably) saves the World | Lodge 49 | Mrs. Davis | NYC 22 | Powerless | Roadkill | Special Unit 2 | Stumptown | Surface | The Brave | The Crazy Ones | The Finder | The Middleman | Truth Seekers | Two Weeks to Live | Whiskey Cavalier

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Re: Man on Fire

its a remake of 2004 man on fire.....
slightly tweaked for the remake.

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Re: Man on Fire

piraterepublic wrote:

its a remake of 2004 man on fire.....
slightly tweaked for the remake.

I was thinking "Denzel Washington" the entirety of the trailer, but was too lazey too look up if there had been a movie...pretty sure I even watched it back then smile

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Re: Man on Fire

slightly tweaked for the remake

I loved the orig movie with Denzel.  Please tell me this TV show isn't "re-imagined for a modern audience" because I'm really looking forward to it.

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Re: Man on Fire

It's not bad at all, rambo kanye act is a bit funny, but Alice Braga is great as always. No modern audiences bs so far (ep 5).

Intro also is cool.

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Re: Man on Fire

Wow, finally a remake that's worth the effort.  I like the deep dive into Creasy's past and his resulting current mental problems.  The action scenes are excellent as is the acting.  The Creasy character is nothing like the movie version but it's got some depth that I appreciate.  I'm looking forward to watching this one!

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Re: Man on Fire

It was a decent watch, 6-7/10.

If I had to compare it to something similiar (besides the movie obv.) it would be Marvels: The Punisher Season 2 which has a similar story at it's core.

Could've done with a little bit more action scenes.

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The team-dynamic also wasn't my favorite - would've prefered more a one-many-army kinda thing.

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Abbys | Dead Like Me | Devs | Firefly | Gangsta. | Jack of all Trades | Kevin (probably) saves the World | Lodge 49 | Mrs. Davis | NYC 22 | Powerless | Roadkill | Special Unit 2 | Stumptown | Surface | The Brave | The Crazy Ones | The Finder | The Middleman | Truth Seekers | Two Weeks to Live | Whiskey Cavalier

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