OK....This is one of my all-time favorite movies. As said in my entry about The Count of Monte Cristo, I am a sucker for revenge flicks. This is the ultimate.
It is about John Creasy, who was possibly an ex-assassin, spy, or something else, it is never really talked about. All we know is that he used to kill, and what he has done has haunted him every day. In a spur of the moment decision he goes to visit a buddy from his black-op days in Mexico. His friend (Rayburn, played by Christopher Walken), gets him a job as a body guard for a young girl (played by Dakota Fanning). The girl gets kidnapped and Creasy goes on a vendetta to find out who was responsible.
At first glance it seems like this movie is just another action, save the captive, thriller. But it is not. The movie does start out slow by action movie standards, but it does pick up, and it picks up fast.
The cinematography in this movie is truly special. It is something that has been emulated since the film came out. The music throughout the movie is also very good (even though one of the tracks was used in Gladiator).
Overall, this is a kick ass movie. He really gets the bad guys in interesting ways. But besides the all the ass kicking, there is alot of character growth through this movie. You get to witness the change in Creasy. This level of character development doesn't really exist in normal movies anymore.
Why should you see this movie?
1 line: "A man can be an artist in anything,painting, food, whatever. It depends on how good he is at it. Creasey's art is death. He's about to paint his masterpiece."
And its true, his vendetta against the bad guys is epic.
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