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Man on Fire
MEANRANK
72/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1895
- IMDb #672
- Google retired #330
- Rotten Tomatoes #2847
- Metacritic #2932
- Letterboxd #1188
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #4329
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #607
- Metacritic Critics #3668
- Metacritic Audience #1357
- Criticker #1275
- Douban #565
- Kinopoisk #323
- AlloCiné #589
- Trakt #606
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 39, highest is Google on 94. Critics average 43, everyone else 78.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A burned-out ex-CIA operative finds a new purpose as the bodyguard for a young girl in Mexico City. Their initial professional relationship blossoms into a deep, fatherly bond. When she is kidnapped, he is left for dead. He recovers and unleashes a relentless, vengeful crusade against anyone involved in her abduction.
Details
- Director
- Tony Scott
- Writer
- Brian Helgeland
- Based on
- Man on Fire by A. J. Quinnell
- Released
- 23 April 2004
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English, Spanish
- Runtime
- 146 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $70.0M
- Box office
- $130.3M
- Awards
- 1 win, 7 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 8 →1 win from 8 nominations across 6 ceremonies
| 10th Critics' Choice Awards 2005 | Best Young Actress | Dakota Fanning | Nominee |
| 26th Young Artist Awards 2005 | Best Leading Young Actress in a Feature Film | Dakota Fanning | Nominee |
| 36th NAACP Image Awards 2005 | Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture | Denzel Washington | Nominee |
| 36th NAACP Image Awards 2005 | Outstanding Motion Picture | Man on Fire | Nominee |
| 7th Golden Trailer Awards 2005 | Best Action Movie – Drama | Man on Fire | Nominee |
| 7th Golden Trailer Awards 2005 | Best Action Movie | Man on Fire | Nominee |
| BMI Film & TV Awards 2005 | Premio IMC Film Music | Man on Fire | Winner |
| Golden Schmoes Awards 2004 | Best Supporting Actress of the Year | Dakota Fanning | Nominee |
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8 awards — Man on Fire
×| Best Young Actress | Dakota Fanning | Nominee |
| Premio IMC Film Music | Man on Fire | Winner |
| Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture | Denzel Washington | Nominee |
| Outstanding Motion Picture | Man on Fire | Nominee |
| Best Action Movie | Man on Fire | Nominee |
| Best Action Movie – Drama | Man on Fire | Nominee |
| Best Leading Young Actress in a Feature Film | Dakota Fanning | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress of the Year | Dakota Fanning | Nominee |