Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning , Christopher Walken,
Marc Anthony, Radha Mitchell, Giancarlo Giannini, Mickey
Rourke, Rachel Ticotin |
Directed
by: Tony Scott
Written by: Brian Helgeland
Produced by:
Distributor: 20th Century Fox |
US:
23 APRIL 2004
UK: 08 OCT 2004 |
A
bitter and remorseful former U.S. Marine (Washington)
moves to Mexico City to take a position as the bodyguard
for a wealthy family who have been receiving kidnapping
threats. When their 10-year-old daughter, Pinta (Fanning),
whom he had so recently befriended, is indeed kidnapped
and murdered, the soldier-turned-guard devotes himself
fully to reaping vengeance on those responsible... (Walken
plays an old friend of Washington's who tells him about
the "job" in Italy; Mitchell plays Pinta's
mother) |
I really, really cannot abide movies where a child
is murdered as a plot device. Especially when she's
a little fircracker of an actor like Dakota Fanning.
This sounds truly awful and exploitive. Shades of
Collateral Damage here. Unfortunately, Tony Scott
will no doubt make the thing look fabulous. Urggghhh
in advance. |
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