On the surface, Tony Scott's Man on Fire looks like a paint-by-numbers revenge flick.

Think of it as Walking Tall in Mexico City.
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Genre pictures such as the kidnapping thriller Man On Fire can be elevated to near-greatness by filmmaking skill and a superior cast.

Man On Fire, set inside the real-life kidnapping quagmire that is Mexico City and shot there on authentic locations, has both qualities to an impressive degree.
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