Investigating further, Creasy finds Kalfus dead and evidence of Samuel's desperate financial situation. He confronts Samuel and Lisa for the truth behind the kidnapping. Samuel confesses to Creasy and Lisa that he agreed to Kalfus' plan to stage Pita's kidnapping, so he could pay off business debts by fraudulently collecting the insurance money. He planned to keep $5 million for himself and split the rest between Kalfus and the kidnappers. He also confesses to killing Kalfus who lied that Pita would be safely returned after the ransom was paid. Creasy leaves a 9MM pistol and one misfired round, he saved from his own previously attempted suicide, for Samuel, who commits suicide. Show Using the information provided by Creasy, The Voice's identity is revealed to be Daniel Sánchez, who Mariana exposes in the newspapers. Creasy shows up at Daniel's ex-wife's house and is shot by his brother Aurelio (Gero Camilo), who then tries unsuccessfully to escape. Creasy calls Daniel and threatens to kill his family, but Daniel reveals that Pita is still alive and offers to free her in exchange for Aurelio and if Creasy surrenders himself. Creasy agrees and informs Lisa to meet him at the exchange site. He and Pita share a tearful goodbye before he surrenders himself and is driven away by the kidnappers. Creasy dies peacefully en route from his gunshot injuries. Daniel Sánchez is later killed by Manzano during an AFI arrest. Cast[]
Production[]Tony Scott, the director, tried to have a version of the film made in 1983, but since the film would have been his second after The Hunger, Paul Davies, a journal article author, said that the critical reception to Man on Fire in the United States was "somewhat less than kind" because critics did not like the vigilantism that Creasy uses. Davies argues that "most critics missed" Creasy not taking "sadistic pleasure" in the killings since he kills to get information to get to all of the people involved in the kidnapping of Pita Ramos, and does not like harming innocent parties.[15] Tony Scott, Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, Marc Anthony, Radha Mitchell, Christopher Walken, Giancarlo Giannini, Rachel Ticotin, Jesús Ochoa, Mickey Rourke, Angelina Peláez In Mexico City, a former assassin swears vengeance on those who committed an unspeakable act against the family he was hired to protect. MEXICO CITY — In Tony Scott's action thriller Man On Fire, there's a scene where a bodyguard played by Denzel Washington realizes that his young client (Dakota Fanning) is about to be kidnapped. Time slows to a crawl, the camera does a loopy 360-degree pan, and the audience sees the world through the bodyguard's eyes -- edgy, alluring and wildly unpredictable. The neighborhood where this memorable sequence occurs is Condesa, a leafy, Art Deco-studded oasis in the heart of this stressed-out metropolis of about 22 million. During the past several years, Condesa (pronounced con-DAY-sah) has acquired a reputation as one of this unruly city's most compelling, and occasionally jarring, places to live. It boasts some of the region's trendiest bars and restaurants, splashiest avant-garde architecture and, arguably, its most intriguing mix of residents and residential options -- from classic 1930s Deco private homes to chic new loft apartments. Advertisement Condesa, which occupies a roughly pentagon-shaped area southwest of the city's historic center, has long been a source of fascination for the film business and the image-manufacturing industry. Movie directors, novelists, soap opera writers, musicians, painters, architects and academics, among others, all make their homes here alongside the quaint flower stalls, mom-and-pop taco stands and curbside shrines to the Virgin of Guadalupe that give the district a touch of old-fashioned charm. "It has an air of Buenos Aires or Barcelona," says Federico Campbell, a writer who has lived in Condesa since 1997. Condesa also is one of the city's most photogenic and visually iconoclastic locales. The neighborhood attained its first architectural golden age in the 1920s, '30s and '40s, when the Mexican screen diva Maria Felix was shooting movies in the 12-story, Bauhaus-influenced Edificio Basurto and the buildings were as glamorous as the human stars. Condesa appears to have woken up just in time to start restoring and preserving its crumbling Art Deco gems for future generations. Advertisement Small wonder the neighborhood has kept its cachet with film location scouts. Besides Man On Fire (2004), numerous commercials, telenovelas and a section of Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's Amores Perros (2000) have been filmed here in recent years. Condesa is a neighborhood that has spent decades getting ready for its close-up. Shattered by the monster earthquake that struck Mexico City 21 years ago, the area for a time was all but abandoned, its once-fashionable buildings dirty and decaying, its parks and plazas dimly lighted and dangerous. Today, classic Deco apartment houses that once were rotting are being rehabilitated. Sleek new residential glass-and-steel towers, some equipped with shared interior courtyards, rooftop swimming pools, hanging gardens and other high-end accessories, are sprouting like summer lilies. Both locals and tourists, with New York, French or Madrid accents, loll in sidewalk cafes and chat away evenings in smoky tapas bars. The abundant parks offer a respite for lovers and parents with rambunctious children. But Condesa isn't some gated enclave, removed from the city's bustle and grit. The neighborhood and those adjoining it, though gentrifying, still contain a social and economic cross-section of the capital. Of course, there's a downside to its surging popularity. Some poorer residents have been driven out by rising rents. Weekday parking is a nightmare. In recent months, construction cranes seemed to cast a shadow over practically every block. Some wonder if Condesa is being victimized by its own success. But it's hard to find anyone who plans on leaving. "I wouldn't know where else to live," says architect Derek Dellekamp, 35, who shares an apartment with his wife, photographer Lara Becerra, in the striking, stacked-aluminum apartment building he designed. His building, which is constructed around a shared interior courtyard and a communal garden, was one of several in the neighborhood included in last year's exhibition, "Mexico City Dialogues: New Architectural Practices" at the Center for Architecture in New York. Advertisement The same exhibition featured the work of Higuera+Sanchez, another ambitious young Mexico City firm that was one of the first to build loft-style apartments here. It has been putting its stamp on Condesa's new experimental architecture with a number of airy, angular, steel, concrete and glass apartment buildings. Where was Man on Fire filmed in Mexico?Movie technician watches a scene from the film, "Man On Fire" as it is being filmed on location at Condesa Park April 29, 2003 in Mexico City, Mexico. Theatre is set ablaze during filming for the movie "Man on Fire," which stars Denzel Washington, May 15, 2003 in Mexico City.
Is the movie Man on Fire based on a true story?Man On Fire is not directly based on a true story but does come from a novel of the same name. The film follows ex-CIA operative John Creasy (Denzel Washington) as he reluctantly accepts a job as a bodyguard for nine-year-old Pita (Dakota Fanning), the daughter of wealthy businessman Samuel Ramos (Marc Anthony).
When was the movie Man on Fire filmed?Man on Fire (Italian: Un uomo sotto tiro, French: L'homme de feu) is a 1987 action thriller film directed by Élie Chouraqui and starring Scott Glenn and Jade Malle.
How old was Dakota Fanning in Man on Fire?By the time of the release of "Man on Fire," Dakota Fanning was 10 years old. Yes, she was certainly more seasoned than other child actors of her age, but performing in an emotionally heavy film like this one could have taken a mental toll on her.
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