History Film / ManOnFire2004

* GenerationXerox: Pita looks strikingly similar to her mother, Lisa.

* IntrepidReporter: Mariana Guerrero, a journalist who is attempting to expose La Hermandad and the kidnapping ring. Creasy even nicknames her "[[ComicBook/LoisLane Lois]]" at one point.

* MultipleEndings: [[spoiler:In the original ending Creasy ends up dying from previously-sustainted wounds while being driven to the main villain Sanchez after agreeing to trade himself in for Pita, with a coda showing that the Mexican detective who was following his progress ended up shooting Sanchez during the arrest. An alternate ending had been shot where Creasy, though still mortally wounded, lives long enough to meet Sanchez face to face and exchange a few words before Creasy uses a bomb to kill them both.]]

* BilingualDialogue: ''Lots''. Paired off with those nifty, dynamic subs that ''fly in'' the direction of the person saying them. {{Justified|Trope}} since Creasy himself ''can'' speak Spanish and mostly deals with upper class and police who at least ''understand'' English.

* ElitesAreMoreGlamorous: Creasy is a former [[SemperFi United States Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance officer]] and CIA Special Activities Division officer. Possibly a SubvertedTrope as Creasy is a prime example on how years of combat can wear down a person's mind and soul.

** [[spoiler:Samuel Ramos was actually the mind behind his own daughter's kidnapping in order to fraud the insurance but he genuine believed that nothing bad would have happened to her. After Pita is apparently killed after corrupt police officers led by Lt. Fuentes stole the ransom money and killed the kidnapper's nephew (who was making the pickup), Samuel blames Kalfus for this (as he had brought Fuentes into the plan) and kills him with a katana as an act of revenge.]]

* {{Motifs}}: Swimming pools appear throughout the film: some conversation near the beginning takes place around one, Pita participates in swimming contests and practices for them, and Creasy swims in one to sterilize his wounds.

''Man on Fire'' is a 2004 film directed by Creator/TonyScott and starring Creator/DenzelWashington. It is based on A.J. Quinnel's 1980 novel of the same name, which was previously adapted into film in 1987 (starring Creator/ScottGlenn).

* GetOut: Pita's mother Lisa is absolutely, understandably, distraught and ''livid'' when negotiations to rescue the girl end poorly and is implied she had died. She demands everyone to get out of her house. [[spoiler:Thankfully, Pita is revealed to be alive all along and is returned after Creasy sacrifices himself for her safety.]]

* MassiveMultiplayerScam: {{Subverted|Trope}}. Pita's Dad stages the kidnapping to extract the kidnap money from the insurance company to make up for his own father's massive debts. The kicker is that his lawyer, the cops, and the racketeers are all either in cahoots with or backstabbing each other for the money (the man was convinced that Pita would be kept safe--only him (and, ironically, The Voice (but only out of professionalism)) actually give a shit about her welfare or survival). When it all goes wrong, the bodyguard deals with the scam by killing basically everyone.

-->'''Creasy''' (interrupting an old lady telling him that the Bible tells people to forgive those who wronged them): Forgiveness is between them and God. It's my job to arrange the meeting.

--->'''Rayburn''': [[ProfessionalKiller Creasy's art is death]]. [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge He's about to paint his masterpiece]].
--->'''Rayburn''': He will do more in one weekend (get rid of a lot of mooks) than your courts can do in a year, if you stay out of his way.

-->'''Rayburn''': She showed him it was [[IJustWantToBeNormal OK to live again]].

-->'''Pita''': I love you, Creasy. And you love me too, don't you?
-->'''Creasy''': Yes, I do. With all my heart, Pita. [[spoiler:Go]].

* BilingualDialogue: ''Lots''. Paired off with those nifty, dynamic subs that ''fly in'' the direction of the person saying them. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] since Creasy himself ''can'' speak Spanish and mostly deals with upper class and police who at least ''understand'' English.

-->'''Mariana:''' He is better protected than The President of Mexico.
-->'''Creasy:''' [[BadassBoast He's gonna NEED it]].
* BittersweetEnding: The movie: [[spoiler: After Creasy [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge hunts down and kills]] everyone who profited from Pita's kidnapping save for the BigBad, he finds out that Pita is alive. Creasy knowingly trades his life for hers, and shares a moment with her before she is reunited with her mother. Creasy dies soon after, though so does the BigBad responsible for Pita's kidnapping, as well as many others.]]

* BungledSuicide: Creasy tries to commit suicide by pistol, [[spoiler: but the bullet he used turns out to be defective. Subverted though, as Ramos was able to use the bullet to commit suicide.]]

* CollidingCriminalConspiracies: The exact moment where everything goes to hell is the moment where a secret fraternity of Mexican [[DirtyCop Dirty Cops]] barges into the money exchange to try to steal the money, killing one of The Voice's family members in the process, and making him apparently decide to kill Pita in retaliation [[spoiler: although the fact that he decides to keep her alive is [[FridgeHorror not reassuring in any way]]]]. Creasy discovers later that [[spoiler: Kalfus had stolen half of the ransom money while it was being prepared for transport, at behest of Samuel, who needed it to pay off debts inherited from his father, and thus the reason behind the entire conspiracy]].

* CowboyCop: [[spoiler: After having indirectily helped Creasy in his bloody revenge Manzano at the end kills Daniel "The Voice" Sanchez in pure vigilante style.]]
* DaChief: We get two: Lieutenant Inspector Victor Fuentes of the Kidnapping Division, and Commander Ramirez of the Judicial Police. [[spoiler: Both of them are corrupt.]]

-->'''Creasy:''' Do you think God'll forgive us for what we've done?
-->'''Rayburn:''' [[LittleNo No]].

* DrivenToSuicide: Creasy tries to shoot himself in the head but the bullet doesn't work then. [[spoiler: Also happens to Ramos once the [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone consequences of his actions sink in]]. The bullet ''[[LeaveBehindAPistol works]]'' on him.]]

** The novel. [[spoiler: Pinta Balletto, the novel's little girl character, was raped and killed, but Creasy made sure every one that profited from her tragic end paid for it. He regains some semblance of humanity and ends up with a love interest, too.]]
** The movie has one too. [[spoiler: Because of Creasy's slaughter of the entire organization, he is able to trade his life for Pita's and she is able to go home mentally scarred, but alive. But she has lost her friend and protector and her family has fallen apart. But Creasy is at least able to rest knowing that she is safe and the people who hurt her are dead.]]

** [[spoiler: Samuel Ramos was actually the mind behind his own daughter's kidnapping in order to fraud the insurance but he genuine believed that nothing bad would have happened to her. After Pita is apparently killed after corrupt police officers led by Lt. Fuentes stole the ransom money and killed the kidnapper's nephew (who was making the pickup), Samuel blames Kalfus for this (as he had brought Fuentes into the plan) and kills him with a katana as an act of revenge.]]
* ExactWords: When the exchange goes south, Sanchez says "God be with your child." [[spoiler: He never specifically says Pita's dead. This becomes important later]].
** Creasy doesn't actually ''tell'' his interrogation targets he's going to let them live/go if they cooperate. [[spoiler: He's already vowed to kill them to himself and Pita's mother.]] More than one is surprised by this.

* GetOut: Pita's mother Lisa is absolutely, understandably, distraught and ''livid'' when negotiations to rescue the girl end poorly and is implied she had died. She demands everyone to get out of her house. [[spoiler: Thankfully, Pita is revealed to be alive all along and is returned after Creasy sacrifices himself for her safety.]]

* MassiveMultiplayerScam: {{Subverted}}. Pita's Dad stages the kidnapping to extract the kidnap money from the insurance company to make up for his own father's massive debts. The kicker is that his lawyer, the cops, and the racketeers are all either in cahoots with or backstabbing each other for the money (the man was convinced that Pita would be kept safe--only him (and, ironically, The Voice (but only out of professionalism)) actually give a shit about her welfare or survival). When it all goes wrong, the bodyguard deals with the scam by killing basically everyone.

** Explained in the original book. [[spoiler: Creasy had been in the FrenchForeignLegion during the First Indochina War and was captured by the Viet Minh. During interrogation his hands were cuffed to the top of a table, and when he refused to answer questions the enemy officer would put out lit cigarettes on the backs of his hands. Creasy did give Sam (the young girl he was bodyguarding in the book) a very terse explaination as to what happened ("A bad man was asking me questions... He didn't have an ashtray."), causing Sam to burst into tears in sympathy.]]

--->'''Creasy:''' "Forgiveness is between them and God. It's my job to arrange the meeting."

--->'''Rayburn''': And they're gonna wish they never touched a hair on her head.

--->'''Elderly Man [[BilingualDialogue (In Spanish)]]''': ''In the church, they say to forgive...''
--->'''Creasy [[BilingualDialogue (Interrupting in English)]]''': Forgiveness is between them and God. [[OmniscientMoralityLicense It's my job to arrange the meeting]].

--->'''Fuentes:''' A last wish, please, please. [[VillainsWantMercy PLEASE!!!]]
--->'''Creasy:''' (''incredulous'') Last wish? [[WhyAmITicking I wish...you had...more time.]]''

-->'''Rayburn''': ''A man can be an artist... in anything, food, whatever. It depends on how good he is at it. Creasy's art is death. He's about to paint his masterpiece.''
* RaceLift:

* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: Pita. [[spoiler: She survives though]].
-->'''Pita''':''Dear God, I do not ask for health or wealth. People ask you so often that you can't have any left. Give me, God, what else you have. Give me what no-one else asks for. Amen. ''

* TranquilFury: In the wake of Pita's abduction and supposed death, Creasy's RoaringRampageOfRevenge contains elements of this as he calmly tortures and kills the various members of La Hermandad in turn. It's only when he's talking to Sanchez over the phone does he finally lose his composure and threatens Sanchez's family, [[spoiler: as he's been shot again, and knows that he's running out of time]], plus he's ''sick'' of hearing these scumbags spout their "I'm a professional" bullshit.

* WhamLine: [[spoiler: "I will give you her life, for your life."]]
** Also, [[spoiler:Samuel Ramos: “I did it! I agreed to the kidnapping!”]]

-->'''Pita''': What's your girlfriend's name?\\
'''Creasy''': Nunya.\\
'''Pita''': Nunya?\\
'''Creasy''': Nuny-a business.

-->'''Sanchez''': [[spoiler: I'm a businessman, a dead girl is worth nothing to me.]]

'''Creasy''': Nuny-a business.\\

* LeaveBehindAPistol: [[spoiler:Creasy does this with a slight variation: the bullet in the gun is the one that misfired earlier when he tried to kill himself, and he explains that "a bullet always knows" if it ''should'' be fired, implying that if the target shouldn't die, he won't. ''This'' time, it works.]]

--->'''Creasy:'''"Forgiveness is between them and God. It's my job to arrange the meeting."

--->'''Creasy:'''Alright, my friend, it's off to the next life for you... I promise you won't be [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge lonely.]]

* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler:Lupita's dad, Samuel Ramos (Ettore Balletto in the novel) who arranged for his daughter to get kidnapped as part of an insurance scam. Justified in his mind since he ''thought'' there'd be no harm to Lupita, but still crosses the [[invoked]]MoralEventHorizon. The only reason Creasy doesn't kill him is because [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Samuel clearly hates himself for what's happened]] and is [[LeaveBehindAPistol and is fully willing to use the pistol Creasy leaves behind]].]]