she has already seen the film before.. when you have never seen a film even without knowing the synopsis..impossible to say what she said..after what? 10minutes ....unless she has already seen the film..a lot of react youtbers act as if they have never seen a film or series but that's just not true..but if the film or series is very popular then people lie for the views It doesn't matter, it's the game
Fun Fact: The scene where Pita says "you're smiling" and Creasy responds "no I'm not" was improvised by Dakota Fanning to catch Denzel Washington off guard, so a very special moment. Also, this is one of those movies that you can watch every few years and never get tired of it.
A single bodyguard works on the same premise as locking your door. It's not gonna really stop anyone who's sufficiently motivated and willing, but it's usually enough to convince most people to pick an easier target. Also, I assume they absolutely intended to torture Creasy to death at the end of the film, but he knew he was already at the end of his rope and there wasn't much that could do to him.
The alt ending originally written but never shot bc the studio had obvious problems w the main characters end being so brutal.. Originally Denzel was gonna use the c4 sepository bomb on himself the audience doesn't know but he gets one last face to face conversation w the voice before his watch starts beeping. Cut to outside shot, whole house explodes... I think it makes sense not have Denzel suicide himself but man that last convo would have been one of the most badass things put on camera.
@@beesmitty3435 I think this ending is better. It makes Creasy's sacrifice purer and more noble, when it isn't 'diluted' by being part of some revenge or justice angle as well.
Probably, seems like all of those studios have a great big stick up their ass, it's absurd, the studios should kiss their ass with all the free publicity in these reactions, you know how many people have likely watched these and then bought the movie or series, the company's are so ungrateful.
Wait, what happened? Oh, right the one reaction StudiCanal went ape shit over, even though CB choped the hell out of it, and they still struck it down. Yeesh. Good for Simone, wearing the shirt as protest.....or whatever reason she's wearing it. Cool shirt, too!
There was an alternative ending for this movie where Denzel's character lived long enough to meet The Voice. The guards pat him down before he enters the room with The Voice. No weapons. He sits down and begins a conversation with The Voice, but keeps checking his watch, talking about time. Then, a few moments later...BOOM!!! The explosive charge he was carrying within him goes off, killing The Voice and all the guards. I like the original ending, but the alternate ending was pretty satisfying as well. This really is a great movie. Glad you reacted to it.
Tony Scott often used "diffusion smoke" on his sets. It's like mist that would catch the light, like when you see streams of sunlight between the trees in a forest. That's why you get that hazy look in his indoor scenes at times. Tony also favored telephoto lenses for a lot of his scenes, both indoor and outdoor. That was his style, compressing the image and making the background out of focus. Some essential Tony Scott films are the original "Top Gun", "True Romance" and "Crimson Tide" which was his first movie with Denzel. One of my favorites is "Deja Vu", his only science fiction movie.
Funny thing is that Tony Scott was rejected by studio to direct the original 1987 Man of Fire, clearly studio did not like 1986 Top Gun . Of course later Tony Scott has made lot of remakes and gave us Tarantino by buying his True Romance script.
@@pete_lind He wasn't rejected *after* TOP GUN, not surprisingly: He was originally going to make it in 1984, but he wound up in "director jail" after his debut film THE HUNGER tanked in 1983. By the time MAN ON FIRE went into production, he was the director of the biggest movie of 1986, but its producers had already locked him down for BEVERLY HILLS COP II. Given that he ultimately got another kick at the can at MOF twenty years down the road anyway, Tony Scott came out ahead all the way around, really, losing out on it once but getting two career-making monster hits instead.
If you guys wanna see another Tony Scott film that has Christopher Walken in a more villainous role you guys should watch True Romance. It’s my personal favorite of all his films, AND Quentin Tarantino wrote the screenplay for it! It’s a slam dunk of all those things you mentioned at the end!
25:44 easily the best line in the movie. -"A man can be an artist... in anything, food, whatever. It depends on how good he is at it. Creasy's art is death. He's about to paint his masterpiece."
Director Tony Scott and Denzel Washington made five films together - Crimson Tide, Man on Fire, Deja Vu, The Taking of Pelham 123, Unstoppable. This is often regarded as the best (I gotta go with Crimson Tide, personally), but man are they all so darn enjoyable. Unstoppable was the most fun movie drinking game I've ever played, haha. P.S. Denzel also made the great film American Gangster with brother Ridley Scott. Definitely recommend it!
@@Suileron - That was 11 years ago, and I can't seem to find it online. I see one set of rules, but it's not the same except for maybe one of them, which is take a sip every time Rosario Dawson puts her hair up or lets it down. The only two that I strictly remember are take a sip whenever you see 777 on the train, and finish your drink when Denzel says, "Not for you... I'm not doing it for you." I need to watch the movie again; I'm sure some will come back to me.
One of my favorite movies. He died in the car due to that final gunshot (I'm sure the others hadn't fully healed either) symbolized by the dropping of the pendant. I believe the idea is that it was his love, expressed through vengeance until he learned she was still alive, that kept him going. Once he saved her he allowed himself to succumb to his injuries. It isn't based on a real story, but kidnapping is an epidemic in Mexico City.
God, I love this movie. My mom was nice enough to indulge me and took me to the theater to see it when I was thirteen and it felt like the first time I'd really experienced cinema. Fun fact: the scene in the kitchen, when Denzel and Dakota play who smiles first was apparently something they did often on the set so the director asked Dakota to include it while they improved some of that scene. That's why it's such a sweet little scene.
THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE DENZEL WASHINGTON MOVIE, VERY UNDERRATED MOVIE IM GLAD YOU TWO SAW THIS AMAZING FILM .👍 " CREASY'S ART IS DEATH , AND HE'S ABOUT TO PAINT HIS MASTERPIECE" I LOVE THAT LINE
Thanks so much for playing and reviewing this with GREAT insight. Man On Fire is my favorite movie. At the beginning of the movie when Creasy tries to kill himself and the gun doesn't go off, he finishes his conversation with Rayburn and he's standing in the courtyard in the rain he looks up at the window and Pita is looking down on him like a Guardian Angel. To me that seems to be j the most important part of the movie. He's transformed after that. Then after the kidnapping, he goes back to his old self to avenge Pita's death. Then later he gets to save his Guardian Angel. The plots in this film, and the transformation's of Creasy character along with how the movie is shot are absolutely brilliant in this EPIC film. Thank you
I remember seeing this in the theater. Hard to believe that was 19 years ago. So wonderful Creasy saves Pita but his death makes the ending bitter sweet. Christmas is around the corner and I just realized another movie that's older than many people might realize. The movie Elf staring Will Ferrell is now 20 years old. It's become a Christmas classic.
DANG!!! Simone figured out it was the dad and George correctly guessed the alternate "C-4" ending. For those who arent aware, Creasy puts explosives inside himself, waits til he's at the compound, and takes out everyone🔥🔥🔥
Mexican here, yes it was like that (kidnapping) like 20 years ago. It is not based on a specific case, there were a lot of kidnapings back in the day. Kuddos from México.
This movie is a remake of an older movie that takes place in Italy and that movie was based on a book that took large liberties with an actual story that had more people involved in the gangs take down. The 1987 version has the same guy that played Stick in Dare Devil as Creasy as well as Joe Pesci as his friend. It goes into his backstory a tiny bit more than this movie. It's not a bad movie, you two could give it a watch as well since it is a completely different movie story wise. Some of the beats are the same but very differently implemented. In the original ending or one of the considered endings for this movie Creasy does have a bomb inside him and kills the Brothers just before he would have died anyway from blood loss. Apparently, when tested it didn't go over as well as this ending did so they scrapped it.
This is the movie that made me fall in love with Tony Scott and understand his editing style as showing the emotions and mindsets of the characters in the most visceral way without straight up telling the audience how they feel. It’s the best use of show don’t tell. Also, my favorite action movie trope is a character in sunglasses and a coat lighting a cigarette with his back turned, then turning to look in the direction of the camera and exhale.
The movie is based on the book by AJ Quinnell. It's not about a specific event, but is based on the author's experiences as a mercenary. The book reads very true. So, either the guy was actually a merc who then got into writing or the guy was an exceptional writer. In the movie, the shot that Creasy took in the apartment was lethal. So, he gave himself up knowing that he was already dying and the bad guys would be denied the pleasure of torturing him. Also, in the book, the girl died. So it took Creasy a more realistic time of months to recover from his injuries from the kidnapping, before he wreaked his vengence upon them.
A lot of changes were made. The book takes place primarily in Italy but goes also goes to Marseille and Malta. The main villains are not a cartel but the Sicilian mafia who all get wiped by Creasy. And unlike the movie, he doesn’t die, fakes his own death and starts a life with a woman he met on Malta
Man on Fire was based on the 1980 novel of the same name. The film more or less follows the outline of the novel, but there are a few crucial differences in terms of setting. The novel takes place in Italy instead of Mexico, and Creasy is an ex-member of the French Foreign Legion instead of the CIA. A.J. Quinnell, the author of the novel, was fascinated by real-life instances of kidnappings gone wrong, so he researched two specific cases that informed the structure of the story. The first was the kidnapping of the eldest son of a Singaporean businessman. According to The US Sun, the businessman refused to pay the ransom demanded by the Triads because he did not want his other children to be targeted. The Triads killed his son in response, but none of the other children were kidnapped afterwards. The second was the kidnapping of John Paul Getty III in 1973. He was the grandson of J. Paul Getty, who was one of the richest men in the world and was similarly reluctant to pay the $17 million ransom for fear his other grandchildren would be targeted. Getty also suspected that his grandson orchestrated the kidnapping as a ruse to get money.
It's widely believed that Creasy survived and escaped. After recovering from his wounds he retired to Boston. Where he worked for a while at a hardware store, then became a Lyft driver.
That thumb nail though 😂. I'm a little bummed that George wasn't made into Creasy Bear thought, missed a sure bet on that one. I adore this movie, Denzel at his badass best, and a great performance by baby Dakota, almost as good as her stint in Spielberg's Taken My favorite like in that movie is when he's counting down the five mins. "I got all the time in world. You don't, but I do." that's how you do a action hero line.
Here is some cool trivia. Denzel was so impressed with Dakotas acting. That he would watch her and forget he was in the scene. You should check out Crimson Tide. Btw, the singer from Gladiator is Lisa Gerrard.
Origin of the story. The movie is fictional, and its events are not based on a true story. However, it is based on a novel of the same name written by Philip Nicholson as A. J. Quinnell and published in 1980. The action-drama film follows the story of John W. Creasy, an ex-CIA operative who is the bodyguard of Lupita Ramos.
Interesting to see you cover this. Not too many reactors do, others don’t even know it’s a remake. But it’s a good film and I’m glad you’re covering it. Would love to see you both do Hide and Seek, also starring Dakota Fanning. Severely underrated.
Simone picked up on things really quickly, and George made several great references to other movies that tied into plot points. You kids are growing up so fast! Really good reaction to an awesome movie. I think this is one of my favorite reactions so far. Doesn't hurt that this is a personal favorite of mine.
For me, this movie and "The Equalizer" are Denzel's top movies. The people who dish out awards prefer his other performances, but these two stories fall into my sweet spot. As for Tarantino working at a video store, I once knew a guy who lived in that neighborhood and saw Tarantino all the time. (Said he was a jerk. lol)
Washington and Fanning’s reunion in Equalizer 3 was special because of this movie. I have always felt this was Washington’s most honest and best performance. I imagine he portrayed himself and his real personality and internal code are shown here. Great reaction! Bravo!
Such a great revenge movie, much better than the original. I like that it was a one and done and didn't overstay its welcome like the Taken movies. I can't believe it's almost 20 years old now. I remember watching this while I was deployed to the UAE back in 2004.
Walken is great in this film.... "The little girl... who was she to him?" "She showed him that it was okay to live again. And those kidnappers are going to wish they never touched a hair on that little girl's head."
I read a few years ago that the story was based on 3 Americans working in Mexico. From what I remember they combined the story of these three men and created Denzels character.
A 'trope' is a concept or character or event that always appears in the same type of stories or movies, even if it's not realistic or accurate, or even a little ridiculous. Like it's 'mandatory' in this type of movie. It generally has a negative connotation. 'What are some things that always seem to appear in this type of movie, even if they're totally unrealistic and unimaginative?'
Oh this is so kind responding my comment. So he asking that is there any kind of scene like that in another movie? Also may I ask what exactly he said that on this sentence? Because I cannot catch one word in it at 24:08 ''what's another trope scene that's in that specific .... its like ... party scene that action movies?'' @@GK-yi4xv
One of my all time favorite action movies. This is the first time I recall seeing Dakota Fanning. It was clear immediately that she was going be a force to reckon with. There was great chemistry between Dakota and Washington. Great reaction.
One of my favorite movies! Thru all the action and violence, which Tony Scott did so well, underneath it is such a sweet story, of a girl who saved her surrogate father with her love, and that father repaid it by saving her. Such a sweet moment when Pita gave him the necklace of the Patron Saint of Lost Causes thinking she was the lost cause of swimming, but in Creasy’s mind the necklace made sense because he was the lost cause that was saved by Pita. I remember seeing a behind-the-scenes of the movie, something along the lines of - originally Christopher Walken auditioned to play the crooked lawyer, but Tony Scott wanted him to play a good guy for a change because he always seemed to play the role of a bad guy. So he got the role of Creasy’s friend. Really showed off well Walken’s acting range.
Those flash shots, I’ve only just realised almost all the movies I’ve seen them in are Tony Scott movies. Make sense now! Enemy Of The State and Deja Vu especially
Good evening guys... fun fact... Tony Scott introduced fast pace editing with his masterpieces Top Gun and Days of Thunder... this being his best film... thanx for the reaction...
I love how there are Brazilian actors participating in the film, Gero Camilo is one of them, and Charles Paraventi, who was born in New York but is naturalized in Brazil, he played the arms dealer in City of God.
I love the scene when lisa talking to john after the first day, i get the feeling that she felt him so much and how much inner pain he feels and cover that with drinking. I henced that she wanted to give him a hug after he said let your husband get someone more socially. That hit me hard on many levels because i went through some hard times and didn't want to socialize with people very often. Never answered the phone or called back.
I didnt see it coming like you did on my first watch like you did But it is a SO obvious, the father even insists on her playing piano right before it happens there.. Such a great movie
Tony Scott is well known for directing action movies. Most famous of which is Top Gun. Other movies include Days of Thunder, True Romance, Enemy of the State and the Last Boy Scout. This is the second of five movies he directed, starring Denzell Washington. The other four were Crimson Tide, Deja Vu, The Taking of Pelham 123 and Unstoppable. Sadly, he was troubled and took his own life.
You two have very quickly become my favorite reactors on RU-vid. Your friendship is so great and wholesome. Your reactions are so genuine and pure. And I also may have a small crush on Simone. Thank you for the great content.
Absolutely an all-time favorite movie. The new Equalizer movie was a love letter of sorts to this movie with the reunion of Denzel and Dakota together. Their dynamic together in this movie was incredible.
Finally.. reacting to my favorite movie all time. Just trust ash reacting to this years ago is what got me into reactions This is a cinematography masterpiece. Ik some people find the cutting and scene splicing disorienting but it's done for reasons. Everytime a little story is being told in the editing. For example: The mountain Denzel is looking at when he passes is spliced in a bunch usually in moments he's contemplating his purpose or what to do next.
Congrats on picking up the clues the dad was in on it! I missed 'em. Thank you to the Patreon who put this up. Now please do American Gangster, LOL I have 2 songs from this awesome movie on my play list "Mas" and "Una Palabra". I think I'll listen to "Una Palabra" after I finish these Thanksgiving leftovers. 🎥 💓 🍿
@cinebingereact, since you just saw Meirelles’s “City of God”, Tony Scott said in interviews how influenced he was by it’s cinematography and general look of the movie, and you can certainly get the ‘feel’ of “City of God” all over this movie ( and most of his subsequent movies before his tragic passing) he even used a couple of the same Brazilian Actors in this.
I do feel obligated to point out that one of the secondary characters,Sanchez(l think that’s his name)was played by Giancarlo Giannini,a longtime Italian actor.He played the Italian police detective in”Hannnibal”,starring Anthony Hopkins,and he was also in the early 2000s film version of “Casino Royale”,starring Daniel Craig and Eva Green.
Strong work Simone, you're the first person I've ever seen clue into the dad arranging the kidnapping on their first viewing! Side fact, the line "forgiveness is between them and God, my job is to arrange the meeting," I believe is a variation of a quote from General 'Storming' Norman Schwartzkoff when the U.S. invaded Iraq in 1990 in the first Gulf War.
The original story is witten by A.J.Quinnell. In this story, this happened in Italy. And Creasy is Ex French Foreign Legion and mercenary. Pita died after kidnapping , then Creasy got vengence by destroied whole Italian mafia. He didn't die in this war. There is series of Creasy which I really recomend to read. But this Denzel's Creasy is also crazy awesome.
One of my favorite movies and Christopher Walking delivers one of the coldest lines when describing Creasy as an Artist about to paint his masterpiece. You have to watch the alternative ending, its the bomb
"Just for once I'd like to see a movie where nothing happens." They do make those; they're called "art films" usually. And you'd love the video game called "Desert Bus".
I think the trope I always run into is actually a gaming trope: Every single fantasy game, no matter what it is, always has to have a sewer level. This also usually applies to postapocalyptic games. 😂
“What’s a concubine?” I don’t know why but I immediately thought of the movie, “The Last Emperor”. I don’t think you’ve reacted to that one yet. It’s an epic piece of cinematic storytelling. I would love to watch this with the both of you.
The round Creasey gave to Samuel is one that failed when Creasey tried to kill himself just before he called Christopher Walken... This is why he says to Samuel.. "A bullet always tells the truth, it didn't work for me maybe it'll work for you...."
Martin Scorsese & Robert DeNiro Steven Spielberg & Tom Hanks The Coen Brothers & Frances McDormand Richard Linklater & Ethan Hawke Wes Anderson & Bill Murray Martin Scorsese & Leonardo DiCaprio Tony Scott & Denzel Washington They made five ABSOLUTE BANGERS together!! What a team!!
Simone rocked that one with the foresight. Good react, kids having a good relationship with a father or mother figure always gets me. We have to take care of those munchkins.
Watching Tony Scott's filmography is a one-way trip, once you see one you want to keep watching more and more of his movies, you see Top Gun and you want to see Days if Thunder, Revenge, True Romance, Crimson Tide, Enemy Of The State, The Last Boy Scouts, Domino, etc.
One of my favourites. Just as a heads up George was super super close with his prediction at the end with the C4..😂 there is an alternate ending where that is the case and he comes face to face with the kidnapper and uses the old "fire in the hole" trick 😂
When he walks away from the buttbomb explosion without looking, would be another trope.. Minus the buttbomb and Denzel gets away with stuff like that, because Denzel. 😅
