Man on Fire

A complete disaster. Can't remember the last time I saw a movie with such distracting music. The syrupy strings were awful. The heavy metal guitar chords were pretty bad too, as was the Enya-like soundtrack used to emphasize climactic points. The Latino music makes a kind of sense, but it was much too obvious. Worst of all was Pavorotti accomanying an execution. Too much fancy camera work that does absolutely nothing for the story. Incredibly sentimental, so much so that at times it was difficult to watch -- more so than even the revenge scenes. The whole thing is in serious need of some editing. Denzel Washington does the best he can, but it's a terrible script. I'd wager that Dakota Fanning will be a fine actress someday. Never mind some day; she's pretty good now. It's always fun when Christopher Walken shows up, and he has the best line in the movie: "Creasy's art is death, and he's about to paint his masterpiece." D